Kremlin confirms work on new Ukraine-Russia prisoner swap underway - UNIAN

October 04, 2019

Russia Ukraine Kremlin confirms work on new Ukraine-Russia prisoner swap underway - UNIAN Splits emerge within Zelensky administration, while public questions Steinmeier formula - The Ukrainian Weekly US briefing: Ukraine, China's missiles and Facebook's backdoor - The Guardian All Moscow proposals for Donbas seek to maintain Russian influence - The Ukrainian Weekly Pompeo stops in Montenegro to discuss NATO, no comment on Ukraine - Reuters Kremlin confirms work on new Ukraine-Russia prisoner swap underway - UNIAN UNIAN Kremlin confirms work on new Ukraine-Russia prisoner swap underwayEarlier, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko said he hoped a new large-scale prisoner swap with Russia would take place soon. Read More Splits emerge within Zelensky administration, while public questions Steinmeier formula - The Ukrainian Weekly The Ukrainian Weekly KYIV – Since President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s difficult trip to New York on September 24-26, a series of developments in Ukraine has generated anxiety, division and even a wave of protests. Read More US briefing: Ukraine, China's missiles and Facebook's backdoor - The Guardian The Guardian Subscribe now to receive the morning briefing by email. Good morning, I’m Tim Walker with today’s essential stories. Texts suggest Trump exerting pressure on Ukraine president US diplomats told Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskiy that his hopes of meeting Donald Trump to improve Kyiv’s relations with Washington rested on his vowing to investigate allegations against the Bidens. Read More All Moscow proposals for Donbas seek to maintain Russian influence - The Ukrainian Weekly The Ukrainian Weekly Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov says the future status of Ukraine’s Donbas should be like what Moscow has proposed for Moldova’s breakaway region of Transdniestria, journalist and political commentator Vitaly Portnikov comments. Read More Pompeo stops in Montenegro to discuss NATO, no comment on Ukraine - Reuters Reuters PODGORICA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo began a short trip to two small Balkan countries, Montenegro and North Macedonia, on Friday to discuss their roles in the Western NATO alliance. Read More

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Where else do leaders do what Trump is accused of? Start with Russia. - Washington Post

October 03, 2019

Russia Ukraine Where else do leaders do what Trump is accused of? Start with Russia. - Washington Post Russians Praise Trump, Taunt Zelensky, as Ukraine Signs On to Peace Plan Proposal - Daily Beast How Trump's Obsession With a Conspiracy Theory Led to the Impeachment Crisis - TIME How Russia's Interference In Ukraine Has Altered U.S. Policy Toward Belarus - Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty Ukraine scandal ropes in the usual suspects - POLITICO Where else do leaders do what Trump is accused of? Start with Russia. - Washington Post Washington Post President Trump talks about the whistleblower in the Oval Office on Wednesday. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) The House of Representatives is investigating President Trump’s alleged efforts to pressure Ukraine’s government to dig up dirt on Joe Biden, one of Trump’s potential rivals in the 2020 presidential election. Read More Russians Praise Trump, Taunt Zelensky, as Ukraine Signs On to Peace Plan Proposal - Daily Beast Daily Beast Existential dread washed over the face of the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, as he sat next to the American president, Donald J. Trump, during their joint press conference on the sidelines of the UN. Read More How Trump's Obsession With a Conspiracy Theory Led to the Impeachment Crisis - TIME TIME The warning signs were there. In a tweet or offhand remark, President Donald Trump would touch on what he said Ukraine had done to him during the 2016 election. Top Administration officials got an earful. Read More How Russia's Interference In Ukraine Has Altered U.S. Policy Toward Belarus - Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty WASHINGTON -- While U.S. relations with Russia remain out in the cold five years after Moscow’s seizure of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula, ties with Belarus appear to be quickly thawing. Read More Ukraine scandal ropes in the usual suspects - POLITICO POLITICO Last year, the married lawyers were briefly expected to formally join Trump’s legal team to defend him in the special counsel’s investigation, but those plans were quickly scrapped due to conflicts of interest with their existing clients. Read More

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The U.S. president asks you for ‘a favor.’ How could it hurt your country? - Washington Post

October 02, 2019

Russia Ukraine The U.S. president asks you for ‘a favor.’ How could it hurt your country? - Washington Post Impeachment inquiry puts new focus on Giuliani’s work for prominent figures in Ukraine - The Washington Post Al Jazeera: Ukraine's separatist east plans elections to improve Russia ties - Kyiv Post Zelensky confirms 'Steinmeier formula' Ukraine settlement - Emerging Europe Ukraine offers a glimpse into the future of counter-drone warfare - The Defense Post The U.S. president asks you for ‘a favor.’ How could it hurt your country? - Washington Post Washington Post Understandably, most of U.S. reporting and commentary on Donald Trump’s call and the resulting impeachment inquiry has so far investigated what it means for U.S. politics. Let’s look here at what this exchange might mean for Ukraine — by looking at what happened in another country when Trump asked an ally to make trouble for his Democratic opponents: Israel. Read More Impeachment inquiry puts new focus on Giuliani’s work for prominent figures in Ukraine - The Washington Post The Washington Post However, House investigators are now seeking records about Giuliani’s past clientele in Ukraine, including Pavel Fuks, a wealthy developer who financed consulting work Giuliani did in 2017 for the city of Kharkiv. Read More Al Jazeera: Ukraine's separatist east plans elections to improve Russia ties - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Russia's War Against Ukraine Al Jazeera: Ukraine’s separatist east plans elections to improve Russia ties Published Oct. 2 at 12:29 pm A photo taken on Nov. 8, 2018 shows an advertising for the election campaign seen next to political posters on a street in Donetsk, Ukraine. Read More Zelensky confirms 'Steinmeier formula' Ukraine settlement - Emerging Europe Emerging Europe Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has announced plans to implement the so-called Steinmeier formula granting special status to the war-torn parts of the country’s Donbas region. Read More Ukraine offers a glimpse into the future of counter-drone warfare - The Defense Post The Defense Post “Soldier go home.” “Soldier kill your commanding officer.” These are some of the text messages that have been sent to Ukrainian forces in the Donbass region by Russia. Russia can deploy such personalized propaganda thanks to its use of unmanned aerial vehicles in its war with Ukraine. Read More

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Macron meets Ukraine filmmaker Sentsov after release by Russia - FRANCE 24

October 01, 2019

Russia Ukraine Macron meets Ukraine filmmaker Sentsov after release by Russia - FRANCE 24 Ukraine's President Zelenskiy may come to regret his discussion with President Trump - Chicago Tribune Ukraine's president needs to repair 'damage' with Europe after the Trump call scandal - CNBC GOP defenses for Trump's Ukraine call quickly collapse under scrutiny - CNBC How Ukraine Views the Whistleblower Feud in Washington - Daily Signal Macron meets Ukraine filmmaker Sentsov after release by Russia - FRANCE 24 FRANCE 24 Issued on: 01/10/2019 - 15:33 Strasbourg (France) (AFP) French President Emmanuel Macron met Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov on Tuesday, less than a month after his release from five years in prison in Russia on charges which sparked international outrage. Read More Ukraine's President Zelenskiy may come to regret his discussion with President Trump - Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Lena Surzhko-Harned, Pennsylvania State University (THE CONVERSATION) The scandal that erupted in response to the July phone conversation between President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has had obvious consequences for Trump. Read More Ukraine's president needs to repair 'damage' with Europe after the Trump call scandal - CNBC CNBC US President Donald Trump speaks as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky looks on during a meeting in New York on September 25, 2019, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. Read More GOP defenses for Trump's Ukraine call quickly collapse under scrutiny - CNBC CNBC President Donald Trump looks on during a bilateral meeting with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York, September 24, 2019. Read More How Ukraine Views the Whistleblower Feud in Washington - Daily Signal Daily Signal The whistleblower complaint over a phone call between President Donald Trump and the president of Ukraine has all but upended U.S. politics. But how does Ukraine feel about all this? Read More

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LNG Is The American Aid Ukraine Really Needs - Forbes

September 30, 2019

Russia Ukraine LNG Is The American Aid Ukraine Really Needs - Forbes Trump's Shadow Foreign Policy in Ukraine - Foreign Policy Ukraine’s Chicken Farmers May Be Next to Gain From China Demand - Bloomberg Podcast: As Backdrops Shift, What's Next For Russia Protests And The War In Ukraine? - Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty White House release of Ukraine call threatens new precedent - Axios LNG Is The American Aid Ukraine Really Needs - Forbes Forbes The LNG tanker Coral Ethane docks in the Netherlands Shutterstock The delay of U.S. military aid to Ukraine is a central pillar of the impeachment inquiry underway against President Donald Trump. Read More Trump's Shadow Foreign Policy in Ukraine - Foreign Policy Foreign Policy What’s on tap: How the mounting Ukraine scandal reveals the administration’s shadow foreign policy, dismal turnout for Afghanistan’s presidential election, Gen. Mark Milley takes over as new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and America’s cyber campaign against the Islamic State. Read More Ukraine’s Chicken Farmers May Be Next to Gain From China Demand - Bloomberg Bloomberg Ukraine’s Chicken Farmers May Be Next to Gain From China Demand Bloomberg Read More Podcast: As Backdrops Shift, What's Next For Russia Protests And The War In Ukraine? - Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty Podcast: As Backdrops Shift, What's Next For Russia Protests And The War In Ukraine? Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty Read More White House release of Ukraine call threatens new precedent - Axios Axios President Trump’s decision to release the contents of his July call with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky has set a precedent his administration will have trouble containing. Why it matters: Nicholas Burns, former undersecretary of state to George W. Read More

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Pelosi: 'I think Russia has a hand' in Trump-Ukraine affair - Washington Examiner

September 29, 2019

Russia Ukraine Pelosi: 'I think Russia has a hand' in Trump-Ukraine affair - Washington Examiner The Integrity of the Trump Impeachment Inquiry - The New Yorker Donbas war update: Russia-led troops attack Ukrainian positions over 20 times on Sept 28 - UNIAN Rudy Giuliani cancels paid appearance at a pro-Russia conference - Vox.com Kremlin says it hopes US wouldn't release Trump-Putin calls - ABC News Pelosi: 'I think Russia has a hand' in Trump-Ukraine affair - Washington Examiner Washington Examiner Pelosi: 'I think Russia has a hand' in Trump-Ukraine affair Washington Examiner Read More The Integrity of the Trump Impeachment Inquiry - The New Yorker The New Yorker Many features of Trumpism—the cynical populism, the brazen readiness to profit from high office, the racist and nativist taunts—have antecedents in American politics. But Donald Trump’s open willingness to ask foreign governments to dig up dirt on political opponents has been an idiosyncratic aspect of his rise to power. Read More Donbas war update: Russia-led troops attack Ukrainian positions over 20 times on Sept 28 - UNIAN UNIAN Donbas war update: Russia-led troops attack Ukrainian positions over 20 times on Sept 2810:47, 29 September 2019 War 4 0 Proscribed weapons, namely 120mm and 82mm mortars, were used. Read More Rudy Giuliani cancels paid appearance at a pro-Russia conference - Vox.com Vox.com Rudy Giuliani, personal lawyer to Donald Trump and a key figure in the Ukraine scandal, will no longer make a paid appearance at a Russia sponsored conference in Armenia, according to The Washington Post. Read More Kremlin says it hopes US wouldn't release Trump-Putin calls - ABC News ABC News Ukraine's top anti-corruption official said Friday his agency hasn't launched an investigation into former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden or his son, even though U.S. President Donald Trump pressed for one in a summer phone call that touched off an impeachment inquiry. Read More

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