Section: Public Radio International (USA)
Yovanovitch testimony shows US foreign policy is ‘in shambles,’ former diplomat says
In the second day of televised impeachment hearings, one former diplomat says it’s been distressing to watch the testimony of Marie Yovanovitch, who was abruptly removed from her post as US ambassador to Ukraine earlier this year. …read more Source:: Public Radio...
New testimony, transcripts, paint fuller picture of quid pro quo
Transcripts of more than 350 pages each from House interviews with US Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland and the Trump Administration’s special envoy to Ukraine, Kurt Volker were made public, as was new testimony from Sondland included “refreshed” recollections. …read more Source:: Public Radio...
The president’s action in Ukraine ‘was wrong,’ experts say
The World’s Marco Werman analyzes this week in the impeachment inquiry with Michael McFaul, former US ambassador to Russia, and lawyer and author Teri Kanefield. …read more Source:: Public Radio...
In Ukraine, US support no longer taken ‘at face value’
Since 1991, the US has been an important supporter of democratic reform in Ukraine. How does the impeachment inquiry impact this long-standing relationship? The World speaks with Nina Jankowicz of The Wilson Center. …read more Source:: Public Radio...
This ex-MP wants to help untangle Giuliani’s business dealings in Ukraine
Serhiy Leshchenko is an investigative journalist and member of parliament who has come under fire from Rudy Giuliani for releasing documents leading to the conviction of Paul Manafort. …read more Source:: Public Radio...
As US focuses on impeachment, Ukraine worries about being left to Russia
Olena Sotnyk was a member of Ukraine’s parliament until July. She says the impeachment inquiry makes her worried Ukraine has lost the support of the United States. …read more Source:: Public Radio...
Trump scandal threatens to derail Ukraine’s anti-corruption efforts
Ukrainians are accustomed to powerful forces meddling in their judicial system, Anne Applebaum, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and expert on central and Eastern Europe, tells The World’s host, Marco Werman. But even as they find corruption foisted on them by their most important ally in Washington, DC, Ukrainians have remained...
Why transcripts of Trump’s calls with heads of state are so hard to get
A US intelligence official filed a whistleblower complaint citing a July 25 telephone call in which Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate Biden and his son Hunter. The whistleblower says this wasn’t the first time under the Trump administration that a telephone conversation record was placed into a...
Why did Trump withhold $250 million in military aid from Ukraine?
Does $250 million in US military aid to Ukraine have anything to do with a whistleblower’s “urgent concern” about US President Donald Trump? The World speaks with Nina Jankowicz of the Wilson Center. …read more Source:: Public Radio...
After 5 years of conflict, Ukraine’s barrier to peace is still ‘Russia’s political will’
What has the US been doing about the conflict in Ukraine for the last five years? …read more Source: Public Radio...
