Section: Singapore
Disaster or game play? Ukrainians react to Trump-Zelensky call
September 27, 2019 8:35 AMKIEV (AFP) – Volodymyr Zelensky, a popular comedian until his shock election to the Ukrainian presidency this spring, is at the centre of a global scandal following a now notorious phone call with US leader Donald Trump. …read more Source:: The Straits...
Nobody pressured me, says Ukraine President
September 27, 2019 5:00 AMUNITED NATIONS • Ukraine’s President, in his first public comments on the phone call that led to an impeachment inquiry into US President Donald Trump, said on Wednesday that the call was “normal”, that “nobody pushed me”, and that he did not want to become entangled in US elections....
White House officials disturbed by Trump call: Whistle-blower
September 27, 2019 5:00 AMWASHINGTON • Multiple White House officials were “deeply disturbed” by US President Donald Trump’s call with the Ukrainian President, and the administration attempted to “lock down” records of the interaction, according to a whistle-blower’s complaint made public yesterday. …read...
Embattled Donald Trump leaves New York angry, bitter
September 27, 2019 1:52 AMNEW YORK (AFP) – From his New York skyscraper, President Donald Trump should have felt on top of the world. Instead, scandal over his alleged shakedown of Ukraine’s president for dirt on an opponent has brought him to the lowest point of his presidency – and at risk of crashing further. …read more...
White House tried to ‘lock down’ Ukraine call records, whistle-blower says
September 27, 2019 12:32 AMWASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – After hearing President Donald Trump tried to persuade Ukraine to investigate a 2020 campaign rival, senior officials at the White House scrambled to “lock down” records of the call, in particular the official complete transcript, a whistleblower alleged in an explosive complaint...
Main Ukrainian actors in the U.S. impeachment drama
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Whistleblower’s complaint on Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine is released
September 26, 2019 9:19 PMWASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – US President Donald Trump used the power of his office to try to get Ukraine to interfere in the 2020 election to investigate a political rival, according to an explosive whistleblower complaint released on Thursday (Sept 26) after days of damning revelations about Trump’s dealings with...
US expects about US$30 million in Ukraine military aid may be delayed: Sources
September 26, 2019 3:55 PMWASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The Trump administration expects that perhaps only US$30 million (S$41 million) of this year’s US$250 million in military aid to Ukraine will not be put in the spending pipeline by a Monday (Sept 30) deadline, when the government’s fiscal year ends, two US officials told Reuters....
Trump calls Democratic impeachment inquiry a ‘joke’
A downbeat Donald Trump on Wednesday dismissed as a “joke” the grounds laid out for the impeachment inquiry into him, as Democrats stood firm in accusing the US president of a “mafia-style shakedown” of his Ukrainian counterpart. Trump denied claims he abused his office by repeatedly urging President Volodymyr Zelensky to...
Phone call showed only a slice of Trump’s obsession with Ukraine
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