Sunday, November 3, 2019

Trump aide pushed Ukraine hacking theory - Newcastle Herald

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November 03, 2019
Trump aide pushed Ukraine hacking theory - Newcastle Herald
Russia and Ukraine have transformed global grain markets - Devil's Lake Daily Journal
Russia accuses NATO of stirring up tensions over Ukraine: TASS - Reuters
Russia, Ukraine fail to clinch gas deal amid fears of cuts - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Mueller documents: Manafort pushed Ukraine hack theory | National - Barre Montpelier Times Argus

Trump aide pushed Ukraine hacking theory - Newcastle Herald

news, world US President Donald Trump clamoured for the speedy release of emails hacked from Democrats during the 2016 election campaign, and a top Trump aide promoted the idea that Ukraine, rather than Russia, was behind the cyber attack, documents from special counsel Robert Mueller's probe show. read more

Russia and Ukraine have transformed global grain markets - Devil's Lake Daily Journal

When listing critical developments in global agricultural markets over the last 30 years, it is appropriate to focus on the impacts of increased meat consumption in China, crop production in Brazil and biofuel production in this country. read more

Russia accuses NATO of stirring up tensions over Ukraine: TASS - Reuters

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia’s foreign ministry accused NATO on Friday of fuelling tensions over Ukraine and said the alliance’s military support for the country was creating divisions inside it, the TASS news agency reported. read more

Russia, Ukraine fail to clinch gas deal amid fears of cuts - Minneapolis Star Tribune

BRUSSELS — Russian and Ukrainian negotiators have failed to agree on a new long-term natural gas transit contract, raising the specter of possible supply cuts during the winter. EU Energy Commissioner Maros Sefcovic says he is "disappointed" by the outcome of Monday's talks in Brussels and warns that "time is flying" as the current gas contract expires on Jan. read more

Mueller documents: Manafort pushed Ukraine hack theory | National - Barre Montpelier Times Argus

WASHINGTON (AP) — During the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort pushed the idea that Ukraine, not Russia, was behind the hack of the Democratic National Committee's servers, Manafort's deputy told investigators during the special counsel's Russia probe. read more
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Saturday, November 2, 2019

Ukrainian forces, Russian-backed militants announce completed disengagement near Zolote amid ceasefire violations - Kyiv Post

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November 02, 2019
Ukrainian forces, Russian-backed militants announce completed disengagement near Zolote amid ceasefire violations - Kyiv Post
UkrInform: NATO developing plan in case of Russia's military attack on Ukraine - Kyiv Post
Ukraine foreign minister: four-way peace talks date depends on Russian side - TODAYonline
Prystaiko: NATO developing action plan in case of Russia’s military attack on Ukraine - Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news
Chinese Bid for Ukraine’s Aerospace ‘Jewel’ Could Knock Kyiv Out of NATO’s Orbit - The Epoch Times

Ukrainian forces, Russian-backed militants announce completed disengagement near Zolote amid ceasefire violations - Kyiv Post

On Nov. 1 Ukraine’s Joint Forces announced that Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed militants have completed the disengagement of manpower and weapons near the frontline town of Zolote in the Donbas. read more

UkrInform: NATO developing plan in case of Russia's military attack on Ukraine - Kyiv Post

UkrInform: NATO developing plan in case of Russia’s military attack on Ukraine Published Nov. 2 at 1:46 pm Ukrainian troops perform maneuvers during the Rapid Trident 2019 drills at the Yavoriv training center on Sept. read more

Ukraine foreign minister: four-way peace talks date depends on Russian side - TODAYonline

Ukraine foreign minister: four-way peace talks date depends on Russian side TODAYonline read more

Prystaiko: NATO developing action plan in case of Russia’s military attack on Ukraine - Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news

Cooperation at the level of the military leadership of Ukraine’s Armed Forces General Staff and the NATO Military Committee is quite active. "The task of this military unit of the Alliance is to make a plan in case of aggressive hostilities... read more

Chinese Bid for Ukraine’s Aerospace ‘Jewel’ Could Knock Kyiv Out of NATO’s Orbit - The Epoch Times

The fate of Motor Sich, one of the world’s top makers of helicopter and airplane engines, hangs in the balance. And with it, the very future of Ukraine. A stalled Chinese bid to buy a privately-held but strategically important aerospace firm in Ukraine could, if green-lighted, boost Beijing’s military capability and geopolitical aspirations, while throwing whatever hopes Ukraine has to join NATO and the European Union into a tailspin. read more
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Friday, November 1, 2019

Ukraine foreign minister: four-way peace talks date depends on Russian side - National Post

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November 01, 2019
Ukraine foreign minister: four-way peace talks date depends on Russian side - National Post
Trump thanks White House Russia expert after he defends Ukraine call | TheHill - The Hill
Canadian-led peacekeeping mission in Ukraine 'Plan B' for Kyiv, official says - CBC.ca
Trump's top Russia adviser claims Giuliani and EU ambassador Gordon Sondland pushed for Biden probe - Daily Mail
Ukrainian President 'Trying Hard To Stay On The Fence' Regarding Impeachment - WCAI

Ukraine foreign minister: four-way peace talks date depends on Russian side - National Post

KIEV — Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko said on Friday that the timing of a four-way summit on the conflict in the country’s east with Russia, France and Germany depends on Russia. read more

Trump thanks White House Russia expert after he defends Ukraine call | TheHill - The Hill

President Trump late Thursday thanked the outgoing top White House Russia expert who testified earlier that day that he didn't think anything illegal happened during the president's July phone call with Ukraine's president that is at the center of the House impeachment inquiry.  read more

Canadian-led peacekeeping mission in Ukraine 'Plan B' for Kyiv, official says - CBC.ca

Asking Canada to lead a peacekeeping mission in war-torn, separatist-minded eastern districts of Ukraine would be "Plan B" for the recently elected government of President Volodymyr Zelensky, the country's deputy foreign minister said Thursday. read more

Trump's top Russia adviser claims Giuliani and EU ambassador Gordon Sondland pushed for Biden probe - Daily Mail

Donald Trump's former top adviser on Russia corroborated some earlier testimony linking the president to a quid pro quo deal with the Ukraine but pushed the blame toward Rudy Giuliani and EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland, all while claiming he heard nothing 'illegal' in Trump's call with the Ukrainian president. read more

Ukrainian President 'Trying Hard To Stay On The Fence' Regarding Impeachment - WCAI

TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. A curious feature of the impeachment drama unfolding in Washington is that so much of it has to do with Ukraine, a former Soviet republic that's been independent for just 28 years. read more
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Thursday, October 31, 2019

Russia, OSCE hail troop separation in eastern Ukraine - Anadolu Agency

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October 31, 2019
Russia, OSCE hail troop separation in eastern Ukraine - Anadolu Agency
Reeker: 'Malign' Russia Invaded, Occupied Ukraine - Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty
NATO Chief Demands Russia Get Out Of Eastern Ukraine, Stop Supporting Separatists - Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty
UNIAN: Russia's actions in Black Sea problem of international scale - Kyiv Post
Halya Coynash: Russia uses falsification for persecution of pro-Ukraine activist in Crimea - Kyiv Post

Russia, OSCE hail troop separation in eastern Ukraine - Anadolu Agency

Opposing forces in eastern Ukraine, wracked by conflict with separatists, have “successfully begun” separation, according to Russia’s foreign minister and the leader of the Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE). more ›

Reeker: 'Malign' Russia Invaded, Occupied Ukraine - Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty

Reeker: 'Malign' Russia Invaded, Occupied Ukraine Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty more ›

NATO Chief Demands Russia Get Out Of Eastern Ukraine, Stop Supporting Separatists - Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty

KYIV -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has held talks in Kyiv with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and a small group of other officials from NATO and Ukraine. Zelenskiy's office said the meeting early on October 31 involved "a narrow circle" of delegates. more ›

UNIAN: Russia's actions in Black Sea problem of international scale - Kyiv Post

Russia's War Against Ukraine UNIAN: Russia’s actions in Black Sea problem of international scale Published Oct. 31 at 11:13 am People enjoy a day out at the beach in the Black Sea port of Skadovsk, southern Ukraine, on Sept. more ›

Halya Coynash: Russia uses falsification for persecution of pro-Ukraine activist in Crimea - Kyiv Post

Russia's War Against Ukraine Halya Coynash: Russia uses falsification for persecution of pro-Ukraine activist in Crimea Published Oct. 31 at 9:16 am Crimean pro-Ukrainian activist Oleh Prykhodko outside his home in Orekhovo, near Saki. more ›
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Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Testimony from career diplomats to outline Trump’s dark view of Ukraine - The Washington Post

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October 30, 2019
Testimony from career diplomats to outline Trump’s dark view of Ukraine - The Washington Post
[Doyle McManus] Trump and Ukraine: Putin’s got skin in this game, too - The Korea Herald
Millions In Infrastructure Investments Pledged In Ukraine’s Donbas - Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty
Brexit, Impeachment, Russia: Your Wednesday Briefing - The New York Times
How Ukraine and Pro-Russian Separatists Traded Unconvicted Prisoners - Balkan Insight

Testimony from career diplomats to outline Trump’s dark view of Ukraine - The Washington Post

The State Department officials, Catherine Croft and Christopher Anderson, will say their optimistic view of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky clashed with a darker outlook of the new government held by Trump and an informal channel of actors linked to the president’s attorney Rudolph W. more ›

[Doyle McManus] Trump and Ukraine: Putin’s got skin in this game, too - The Korea Herald

It’s only a little over a month since an intelligence community whistleblower turned the Trump administration on its side; it may seem like more. At first, the story seemed straightforward: The informant charged that President Trump had pressured Ukraine’s new president to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden’s son and blocked US military aid to force the Ukrainian leader to do his bidding. more ›

Millions In Infrastructure Investments Pledged In Ukraine’s Donbas - Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty

At the first Ukrainian government-sponsored investment forum since President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s election, hundreds of millions of dollars in investments and loans were promised on October 29 in Mariupol, a port city less than 30 kilometers west of the front line of a conflict with Russian-backed separatists. more ›

Brexit, Impeachment, Russia: Your Wednesday Briefing - The New York Times

(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. We’re taking a look at the intense campaign season ahead of the British general election, a new White House official who alleges omissions in the account of Trump’s call with Ukraine and a battle cry for a fed-up generation. more ›

How Ukraine and Pro-Russian Separatists Traded Unconvicted Prisoners - Balkan Insight

Back in December 2014, Serhiy Shulakov was busy fixing cars in his company’s auto-service yard in the eastern Ukrainian town of Popasna when he saw a hand reaching over the fence. The hand that was trying to unlock the gate belonged to a member of the Ukrainian Security Service, the SBU. more ›
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Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Ukraine, separatists both pull back heavy weapons from east - Minneapolis Star Tribune

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October 29, 2019
Ukraine, separatists both pull back heavy weapons from east - Minneapolis Star Tribune
GAS – Curve edges up on Russia, Ukraine concerns - Montel
UNIAN: Bohdan - Steinmeier formula `designed` for Russian media space - Kyiv Post
Impeachment backstory: The nuclear dimension of US security assistance to Ukraine - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Putin always on his mind? Trump refers to Ukraine’s Zelensky as ‘new Russian president’ - RT

Ukraine, separatists both pull back heavy weapons from east - Minneapolis Star Tribune

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian officials and Russian-backed separatists both announced Tuesday they have begun pulling back weapons in Ukraine's war-torn east, a step they hope unblocks a stalled peace process. more ›

GAS – Curve edges up on Russia, Ukraine concerns - Montel

Copyright © 2019 Montel AS more ›

UNIAN: Bohdan - Steinmeier formula `designed` for Russian media space - Kyiv Post

UNIAN: Bohdan – Steinmeier formula `designed` for Russian media space Published Oct. 29 at 1:34 pm Andriy Bohdan, President Volodymyr Zelensky's chief of staff, speaks at a briefing in Kyiv on July 30, 2019. more ›

Impeachment backstory: The nuclear dimension of US security assistance to Ukraine - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Ukraine has burst into international headlines as the country at the heart of the impeachment investigation of US President Donald Trump. Earlier this year, President Trump halted nearly $400 million of military aid to Ukraine, which has been battling Russian aggression for over five years at the cost of 13,000 lives. more ›

Putin always on his mind? Trump refers to Ukraine’s Zelensky as ‘new Russian president’ - RT

Donald Trump has galvanized Russiagate diehards lurking on social media, after mistakenly referring to Volodymyr Zelensky as the new leader of… Russia. The US president made the slip-up while defending his relationship with Kiev, which is currently being scrutinized by Democratic lawmakers. more ›
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Monday, October 28, 2019

Russia may put released Ukrainian sailors on wanted list — lawyer - Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news

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October 28, 2019
Russia may put released Ukrainian sailors on wanted list — lawyer - Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news
Zach Dorfman: How Trump is helping Russia help Trump again - Kyiv Post
Timeline: Trump, Ukraine and impeachment | TheHill - The Hill
Kremlin network blaming Ukraine for MH17 crash - news politics - UNIAN
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's death doesn't erase Trump's foreign policy failures (or Russia's wins) - NBC News

Russia may put released Ukrainian sailors on wanted list — lawyer - Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news

Nikolay Polozov, the lawyer of the Ukrainian military sailors released from Russian prison, warns that Russia may put them on the wanted list. "There is a very serious danger that the Russian authorities may put the sailors on the wanted list if they do not appear at the request of an investigator or in court," Polozov said in a commentary to Crimea. more ›

Zach Dorfman: How Trump is helping Russia help Trump again - Kyiv Post

Russia's War Against Ukraine Ukraine-U.S. Relations In Trump Era Zach Dorfman: How Trump is helping Russia help Trump again Published Oct. 28 at 12:25 pm US President Donald Trump offers a hand shake to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a meeting in New York on Sept. more ›

Timeline: Trump, Ukraine and impeachment | TheHill - The Hill

The House impeachment inquiry focused on President Trump’s dealings with Ukraine has consumed Washington since late September. Democrats are investigating whether Trump made military aid to Ukraine contingent on Kiev launching an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden, a potential 2020 opponent. more ›

Kremlin network blaming Ukraine for MH17 crash - news politics - UNIAN

With the approach of the MH17 trial set to start March 2020, the Kremlin is trying to discredit the findings of the Joint Investigation Team to escape from responsibility for the downing of the civilian jet over the Donbas in July 2014.To this end, the Russian Federation has set up a network of organizations and agents of influence in Europe tasked with smearing the JIT efforts to find those responsible for the deaths of passengers of a Boeing Malaysian Airlines flight MH-17 en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. more ›

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's death doesn't erase Trump's foreign policy failures (or Russia's wins) - NBC News

A deadly U.S.-led raid in northwestern Syria has killed the world’s most wanted terrorist, Islamic State founder and leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who reportedly detonated a suicide vest. more ›
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Sunday, October 27, 2019

Column: Trump and Ukraine: Putin's got skin in this game, too - Los Angeles Times

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October 27, 2019
Column: Trump and Ukraine: Putin's got skin in this game, too - Los Angeles Times
John Bolton — Democrats' Newest, And Unlikely, Ally Against Trump - NPR
‘This is going to do lasting damage’: Impeachment leaves Ukraine policy in chaos - POLITICO
Hobbs native brings home stories from Ukraine - Odessa American
Russia-led forces attack Ukraine troops 21 times amid President Zelensky's visit to Donbas war zone - UNIAN

Column: Trump and Ukraine: Putin's got skin in this game, too - Los Angeles Times

It’s only a little over a month since an intelligence community whistleblower turned the Trump administration on its side; it may seem like more. At first, the story seemed straightforward: The informant charged that President Trump had pressured Ukraine’s new president to investigate Joe Biden’s son and blocked U.S. more ›

John Bolton — Democrats' Newest, And Unlikely, Ally Against Trump - NPR

John Bolton, as national security adviser, listens as President Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting in February. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP John Bolton, as national security adviser, listens as President Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting in February. more ›

‘This is going to do lasting damage’: Impeachment leaves Ukraine policy in chaos - POLITICO

U.S. policy toward Ukraine is in shambles, lawmakers and foreign policy experts say, as House Democrats barrel along with an impeachment probe that began with an anonymous whistleblower’s complaint and has ballooned into the most serious threat so far to Donald Trump’s presidency. more ›

Hobbs native brings home stories from Ukraine - Odessa American

Like any other entrepreneur, Ryan Miller had an idea, filed a limited liability company and went to work. Only the 24-year-old Hobbs, N.M., native didn’t invent a new product or improve on previous ideas. more ›

Russia-led forces attack Ukraine troops 21 times amid President Zelensky's visit to Donbas war zone - UNIAN

Russia-led forces attack Ukraine troops 21 times amid President Zelensky's visit to Donbas war zone11:20, 27 October 2019 War 2 0 No Ukrainian army casualties have been reported over the period under review. more ›
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