Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Trump Returns To Ukraine ‘Server’ Theory As ‘Big Part’ Of 2016 Meddling
U.S. President Donald Trump has used an extended televised interview to further assert a theory of possible Ukrainian involvement in cyberattacks on the 2016 U.S. elections that national security and other experts have publicly suggested is part of a Russian plot to smear its smaller neighbor. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Mariupol Port Struggles To Stay Afloat Amid Russian ‘Hybrid War’
After five years of conflict in eastern Ukraine, the port of Mariupol is struggling to survive. With the loss of coal exports and Russia choking access to the Sea of Azov, the port’s maritime traffic has been cut in half. But Mariupol hopes Chinese investment can revive its sinking fortunes. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe /...
Ukraine Detains Suspected Islamic State Group Leader
An elite Ukrainian police unit has apprehended a suspected 30-year-old member of the Islamic State (IS) extremist group in Zhytomyr region west of Kyiv. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Former U.S. Official Warns Against Russian-Backed ‘Fiction’ On Ukraine
At the impeachment inquiry inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump, a former National Security Council official said Russia is backing a “fictional narrative” of Ukrainian interference in U.S. affairs. Fiona Hill, who served as Trump’s top Russia adviser, warned representatives “not to promote politically driven...
Trump Impeachment Testimony Shows Concerns Over Role, Aims Of Giuliani
Two U.S. officials, one current and one former, say they became increasingly alarmed by the role President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani played in Ukraine, as a congressional impeachment panel entered its fifth day of testimony. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Trump Didn’t “Give An — Expletive — About Ukraine,” Impeachment Hearing Told
The U.S. Embassy political counselor in Kyiv, David Holmes, recounted how the U.S. Ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, told him President Donald Trump’s only interest in Ukraine was “big stuff… like the Biden investigation.” He was speaking at an impeachment hearing in Washington on November 21. …read...
In Symbolic Move, Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Opens Rebuilt Bridge In War-Torn East
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in a symbolic move that highlights efforts to rebuild Ukraine’s war-torn east, has reopened a bridge in the Luhansk region that has sat in ruins the past four years. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Pentagon Official Says Ukraine Asked About Aid On Day of Trump-Zelenskiy Call
Ukraine voiced concern over a stoppage in $390 million of U.S. military aid to the country as early as July 25, the same day that President Donald Trump made a controversial phone call to his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Names 4 Key Issues For Upcoming Peace Summit on Donbas
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said he will advance four key issues during an upcoming four-way meeting with the leaders of Germany, France, and Russia on a potential peace settlement in the Donbas conflict. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia Arrests Soldier Suspected Of Spying For Ukraine
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) on November 20 detained a military serviceman on suspicion of spying on behalf of Ukraine in the Rostov region. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...