Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (311)
- NEWS.com.au (Australia) (203)
- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
White House official corroborates account that Trump appeared to seek quid pro quo
Tim Morrison corroborated the testimony of a senior US diplomat who last week gave the most detailed account to date for how Trump tried to use his office to pressure Ukraine. …read more Source:: The Sydney Morning...
Account of Trump’s Ukraine call omitted key details, official testifies
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who listened to President Trump’s Ukraine call, said that he tried to restore some of the crucial words and phrases. …read more Source:: The Sydney Morning...
Official gives first-hand account of Trump’s Ukraine phone call
Alexander Vindman is the first witness in the House’s impeachment probe to have listened in on the July 25 call between Donald Trump and Ukraine’s President. …read more Source:: The Sydney Morning...
US judge orders release of Trump’s dealings with Ukraine
The US State Department will have 30 days to begin handing over documents related to the president’s dealings with Ukraine. …read more Source:: The Sydney Morning...
Journalist Stanislav Aseyev sentenced to 15 years in a penal colony – Українського журналіста Станіслава Асєєва засудили до 15 років ув’язнення
A court established by Russia-backed separatists who hold parts of eastern Ukraine has sentenced journalist Stanislav Aseyev, an RFE/RL contributor, to 15 years in a penal colony. Aseyev, who wrote under the pen name Stanislav Vasin, disappeared in Ukraine’s Donetsk region on June 2, 2017, and has been held in detention since by the...
UKRAINE AND AUSTRALIA, THE WAR WITH RUSSIA AND THE “STEINMEIER FORMULA” – Україна і Австралія, війна з Росією та “формула Штанмайєра”
Bogdan Rudnytski interviewed the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Australia Dr Mykola Kulinich. We spoke about the meetings of Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Yehor BOZHOK with MR. TONY SHEEHAN, Deputy Secretary DFAT – International Security, Humanitarian and Consular Group, and with other...
‘I sensed something odd’: US envoy testifies Trump tied Ukraine aid to spurious probes
Lawmakers who emerged after nearly 10 hours of the private deposition were stunned at Taylor’s account, which some Democrats said established a “direct line” to the quid pro quo at the center of the impeachment probe. …read more Source:: The Sydney Morning...
‘Folks misunderstood’: Mick Mulvaney denies confirming Ukraine quid pro quo
Acting White House chief of staff says he didn’t speak clearly when he told reporters Trump asked the Ukrainian president to investigate the Democrats. …read more Source:: The Sydney Morning...
Rick Perry tells Donald Trump he will resign as Energy Secretary amid Ukraine scandal
US Energy Secretary Rick Perry notified President Donald Trump on Thursday local time that he will soon be leaving the post, according to two people familiar with the matter. …read more Source:: The Sydney Morning...
‘Get over it’: Mulvaney confirms Ukraine aid withheld in part to investigate Democrats
It was a startling acknowledgment after President Donald Trump’s repeated denials of a quid pro quo. …read more Source:: The Sydney Morning...