Section: US & Canada
US ambassador calls for replacing Ukrainian official
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) – The U.S. ambassador in Ukraine has called on Kiev to replace a senior anti-corruption official. In a speech Tuesday, Marie Yovanovitch called on Ukrainian officials to fire the special anti-corruption prosecutor, Nazar Kholodnytsky, who has been implicated in coaching suspects how to avoid corruption charges....
US ambassador calls for replacing Ukrainian official
The U.S. ambassador in Ukraine has called on Kiev to replace a senior anti-corruption official. In a speech Tuesday, Marie Yovanovitch called on Ukrainian officials to fire the special anti-corruption … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
US ambassador calls for replacing Ukrainian official
The U.S. ambassador in Ukraine has called for replacing a senior anti-corruption official …read more Source: ABC...
Top U.S. General Calls For More Defenses For Ukraine Against Russia
Scaparrotti spoke just over three months after Russian naval forces seized three Ukrainian vessels operating in the Kerch Strait, near Crimea and the Sea of Azov. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Mueller: Manafort Shows ‘Lack Of Remorse’ For His Crimes
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has shown no remorse for his crimes and “poses a serious risk of recidivism,” prosecutors with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation argued in a Tuesday court filing in the Eastern District of Virginia. “The defendant blames everyone from the Special Counsel’s Office to his...
US General Calls for Firepower, Focus to Counter Russia
The United States needs more firepower and focus to push back against ever-increasing Russian aggression across Europe and beyond, according to the top U.S. commander in Europe. In testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday, European Command’s Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti called Russia the primary threat to stability in Europe...
Belarus Seeks Better Ties With West Despite Russian ‘Hysterics’
Belarus will seek better ties with the West even though this provokes “hysterics” from its traditional ally Russia, long-serving President Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday, a day after lifting a cap of five U.S. diplomats in his country. Belarus is trying to improve ties with the West after a number of disputes with Moscow, which...
Top US general in Europe says US needs to deploy more troops, warships to counter Russian aggression
The top general overseeing U.S. military operations in Europe told U.S. senators during a hearing Tuesday that he thought the U.S. needed to increase its presence in Europe in order to counter Russia’s “increasingly aggressive force.” Here’s what we know Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti oversees all U.S. military operations in...
Female Tank Commander ‘Defects’ For Love, Warns Kyiv Of ‘Invasion’ Plan
Svitlana Dryuk, a notorious former tank commander for separatist forces in Ukraine has appeared in Kyiv with grave claims about Russian actions in eastern Ukraine. Can she be believed? …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Elections Suffer From a Manafort Hangover—And The Next President May Be a Comedian
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/ReutersKIEV, Ukraine—Before Hillary Clinton became his target in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Paul Manafort had for years concentrated his considerable skills at defamation and denigration on another prominent female politician, Yulia Tymoshenko of Ukraine. Today, Tymoshenko’s...
