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    Top Pentagon Official Who Issued Warnings About Ukraine Aid Freeze To Resign
    Feb19

    Top Pentagon Official Who Issued Warnings About Ukraine Aid Freeze To Resign

    A top Defense Department official who internally raised concerns about freezing military aid to Ukraine is stepping down, CNN and Bloomberg News reported Wednesday. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy at the Pentagon John Rood authored emails pushing for the aid to be released, according to CNN. President Trump’s July order to halt the...

    Ministers Say Tehran Won’t Hand Over ‘Damaged’ Black Box of Downed Ukrainian Plane
    Feb19

    Ministers Say Tehran Won’t Hand Over ‘Damaged’ Black Box of Downed Ukrainian Plane

    The black box of a Ukrainian passenger airliner mistakenly shot down over Iran last month is damaged and Iran will not hand it over to another country despite pressure for access, state media quoted top Iranian ministers as saying on Wednesday.Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said last week that he had “impressed upon” Iranian...

    Ukraine Bans Zelenskiy Film Over Russian Actress’s Appearance
    Feb19

    Ukraine Bans Zelenskiy Film Over Russian Actress’s Appearance

    Ukraine’s Cinema Agency has banned on a 2012 a comedy film featuring the country’s current president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, because the film includes a Russian actress blacklisted by Kyiv for making an unauthorized visit to Ukraine’s Russia-occupied region of Crimea. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    The First Days of the Trump Regime
    Feb19

    The First Days of the Trump Regime

    There are two kinds of Republican senators who voted to acquit Donald Trump in his impeachment trial two weeks ago: Those who acknowledged he was guilty and voted to acquit anyway, and those who pretended the president did nothing wrong.“It was wrong for President Trump to mention former Vice President Biden on that phone call, and it was wrong...

    More Than 1,000 US Veterans Condemn Trump Over Vindman
    Feb19

    More Than 1,000 US Veterans Condemn Trump Over Vindman

    A group of more than 1,100 U.S. military veterans from all five branches have signed a statement lashing out at President Donald Trump for firing Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman from the National Security Council.Vindman testified before a House committee during the Trump impeachment hearings in November. He expressed his concerns about Trump’s...

    Ending Putin’s support of Venezuela no easy feat for US
    Feb19

    Ending Putin’s support of Venezuela no easy feat for US

    MOSCOW (AP) — In October 2016, the head of Russia’s largest oil company traveled to the birthplace of Hugo Chávez, in the empty, sweltering plains of Venezuela, to unveil a giant bronze statueof the late socialist leader that he and his longtime friend, Russian President Vladimir Putin, commissioned from a prominent Russian artist. It was a...

    Ukraine’s Evacuation Flight To China Departs, Officials Not Naming Quarantine Site
    Feb19

    Ukraine’s Evacuation Flight To China Departs, Officials Not Naming Quarantine Site

    A plane chartered by the Ukrainian government departed three hours late for its ultimate destination of China where a group of Ukrainians and foreign nationals will be evacuated from Wuhan city, the epicenter of a new coronavirus outbreak in the country. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    OSCE Urges Restraint In East Ukraine After Uptick In Fighting Leads To Casualties
    Feb19

    OSCE Urges Restraint In East Ukraine After Uptick In Fighting Leads To Casualties

    Two high-ranking officials from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) expressed deep concern over the recent upsurge in fighting in eastern Ukraine near a front-line town from which the warring sides withdrew forces in November. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    The Real Message of Trump’s Latest Clemency Binge
    Feb19

    The Real Message of Trump’s Latest Clemency Binge

    Throughout the Ukraine scandal, President Donald Trump’s defenders argued that his freeze on military aid sprang from a “legitimate interest” in anti-corruption efforts in that country. It was a disingenuous claim on its face all along, not only because Trump’s stated goal was to undermine a political rival’s candidacy, but also...

    Putin Fires Longtime Aide, Ex-Ukraine Peace Negotiator Surkov
    Feb18

    Putin Fires Longtime Aide, Ex-Ukraine Peace Negotiator Surkov

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has fired influential longtime aide Vladislav Surkov following weeks of speculation that the 55-year-old was leaving the Kremlin amid a change in its Ukraine policy. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...