U.S.-Ukrainian Relations – Page 5 – Johnson's Russia List

RIA Novosti: Supply of U.S. artillery-locator radars to Kiev will have major effect – pundit

July 24, 2015 JRL Russia List Arms Trade, Military Aid, Military, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

(RIA Novosti – July 23, 2015) The possible supply of artillery-locator radar systems by the United States to Ukraine could treble the effectiveness of the Ukrainian Army in artillery battles with the separatist militias, but will require direct involvement in the war by US troops, the president of the Academy of Geopolitical Problems, Konstantin Sivkov, has said, RIA Novosti (part […]

Ukrainians Suspect Obama-Putin Cooperation

July 22, 2015 JRL Russia List Politics, Government, Protests, Elections

File Photo of Victoria Nuland Testifying

(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Leonid Bershidsky – July 20, 2015) It’s rare that official representatives of the U.S. visit foreign parliaments to persuade lawmakers to vote a certain way on some piece of legislation. Yet last week, Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland traveled to Kiev and did just that, as the Ukrainian parliament prepared to vote on amendments to […]

NEWSLINK Wall Street Journal: U.S., Ukraine Weigh Expansion of American Training Program

July 10, 2015 JRL Russia List Newslinks, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

U.S. Military Convoy Headed to Ukraine, On Highway Near Mountains or Cliffs

Kiev wants U.S. instruction for its conventional and special-operations forces

NEWSLINK Washington Post/Jackson Diehl: Will we let Ukraine die?

July 6, 2015 JRL Russia List Newslinks, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

NEWSLINK Kyiv Post: Pyatt sees opportunities to strengthen US, Ukraine ties

July 6, 2015 JRL Russia List Newslinks, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

Putin’s Peace Offensive on Ukraine Means Situation is ‘Really Dangerous,’ Piontkovsky Says

June 30, 2015 JRL Russia List Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

Map of Ukraine, Including Crimea, and Neighbors, Including Russia

(Paul Goble – Window on Eurasia – Staunton, June 29, 2015) Vladimir Putin’s “peace offensive,” marked by his call to US President Barack Obama, means that the situation is becoming “really dangerous,” Andrey Piontkovsky says, because the Kremlin leader has not changed his goal of destroying Ukraine as a state but only the means he is prepared to use to […]

VIDEO & TRANSCRIPT: Conversation: The Standoff Between Russia and the West Over Ukraine

June 24, 2015 JRL Russia List Europe, EU, France, Germany, NATO, Sanctions, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

(Stratfor.com – June 23, 2015) Conversation: The Standoff Between Russia and the West Over Ukraine is republished with permission of Stratfor; article also appeared at stratfor.com/video/conversation-standoff-between-russia-and-west-over-ukraine. Transcript follows below video. Video Transcript Lauren Goodrich: Hello, my name is Lauren Goodrich, and I’m the senior Eurasia analyst here at Stratfor. I’m joined by Sim Tack, our military analyst, and today we’re going to […]

DOD TRANSCRIPT: Media Availability with Secretary Carter En Route to Berlin, Germany

June 22, 2015 JRL Russia List Politics, Government, Protests, Elections

(US Department of Defense – June 21, 2015) Presenter: Secretary of Defense Ash Carter SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ASHTON CARTER: So the purpose of this trip, the focus of it, this particular trip to Europe, is NATO. And as to take it from the top again, we’ll be going now to Germany, and talking about — to the German defense minister […]

NEWSLINK Foreign Policy/John Hudson: The Undiplomatic Diplomat.

June 19, 2015 JRL Russia List Europe, EU, Newslinks, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

Russia hawks on Capitol Hill love Victoria Nuland, the State Department’s point person for Ukraine. Many Europeans can’t stand her. http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/06/18/the-undiplomatic-diplomat/

NEWSLINK AFP: Ukraine creditors reject ‘haircut’ despite default threat

June 18, 2015 JRL Russia List Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War

Ukraine’s biggest private creditors mounted a firm defence Wednesday of their refusal to accept a debt write-off that could keep the impoverished but strategic ex-Soviet nation from slipping into default.

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NEWSLINK Kyiv Post editorial: New arms race; The last time that the West got into an arms race with the Kremlin, the Soviet Union collapsed

June 18, 2015 JRL Russia List Military, Newslinks, Russia & the West, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War

Map of Commonwealth of Independent States, European Portion

So when we hear threats from Russian President Vladimir Putin that he will respond to the West’s improved NATO defenses on Russia’s border, our response is: Bring it on, peewee Stalin!

NEWSLINK The National Interest/Rajan Menon: Newsflash, America: Ukraine Cannot Afford a War with Russia

June 18, 2015 JRL Russia List Newslinks, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

Arming Ukraine would only fan the flames of tension between the West and Russia, leading the United States into a conflict it doesn’t, and shouldn’t, want.

Bershidsky: Ukraine’s Neo-Nazis Won’t Get U.S. Money

June 15, 2015 JRL Russia List Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Leonid Bershidsky – June 12, 2015) It’s easy to see why Representative John Conyers, a Michigan Democrat, would have a problem with the military unit commanded by Ukrainian legislator Andriy Biletsky: Conyers is a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, Biletsky is a white supremacist. The House of Representatives has unanimously approved an amendment to […]

NEWSLINK Reuters/Matthew Rojansky, Thomas E. Graham, and Michael Kofman: Are Ukraine and the U.S. allies or not?

June 13, 2015 JRL Russia List Newslinks, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

File photo of Barack Obama and Petro Poroshenko facing one another, with Obama gesturing

At this critical moment for the future of Ukrainian, European and U.S. interests in the region, the U.S.-Ukraine strategic partnership lacks both strategy and partnership.

TRANSCRIPT: Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Remarks at the October Palace in Kyiv, Ukraine

June 12, 2015 JRL Russia List Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United Nations, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

Samantha Power file photo adapted from image at state.gov

(Ukraine United States Mission to the United Nations – Remarks at the October Palace in Kyiv, Ukraine – Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Kyiv, – June 11, 2015) AS DELIVERED Dobry den. Thank you all so much for being here. As Tamila said, I represent the United States at the United Nations. The United Nations Security Council, the body whose job […]

U.S. House Passes Three Amendments By Rep. Conyers To Defense Spending Bill To Protect Civilians From Dangers Of Arming and Training Foreign Forces

June 12, 2015 JRL Russia List Arms Trade, Military Aid, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

(Office of Congressman John Conyers, Jr. – conyers.house.gov – June 11, 2015) WASHINGTON- Late yesterday evening, the U.S. House of Representatives considered H.R. 2685, the “Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2015.” During consideration of the legislation, Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) and Congressman Ted Yoho (R-Fla.) offered bipartisan amendments to block the training of the Ukrainian neo-Nazi paramilitary militia “Azov Battalion,” and […]

Ukraine defending Europe, world order, says Yatsenyuk

June 9, 2015 JRL Russia List Europe, EU, Military, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

(Interfax – June 9, 2015) Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has called for unity of the European Union and the United States needed “to defeat the aggressor.” He made the statement at a forum of the American Jewish Committee during a working visit to Washington DC, the Ukrainian government press service has reported. “We are positive that we can regain […]

NEWSWATCH Reuters: With eye on U.S. election, Republicans assail Russia’s Putin

June 8, 2015 JRL Russia List JRL NewsBlog, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

Putin and Obama with U.S. and Russian Flags

[“With eye on U.S. election, Republicans assail Russia’s Putin” – Reuters – STEVE HOLLAND – June 8, 2015] Reuters covers U.S. policies on Russia and Ukraine, and reactions by Republican presidential hopefuls. Something about Vladimir Putin makes Republicans in the U.S. presidential race see red. The Russian president has emerged as a symbol for what they view as President Barack […]

[PDF] TRANSCRIPT: BROOKINGS HOSTS VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN FOR REMARKS ON THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE CONFLICT

May 29, 2015 JRL Russia List Newslinks, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

File Photo of Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin in front of U.S. Flag and Russian Flag, adapted from image from RIA Novosti

… You know, it’s now been 14 months since Russian aggression in Ukraine last spring. And it has literally transformed the landscape of European security. Everybody wants this conflict to end as soon as possible. The question is on whose terms and how will it end. Because it’s not a remote conflict between neighbors arguing over who gets what, what’s happening […]

U.S. Social Networks, Blogs Allowed Back Into Crimea

May 26, 2015 JRL Russia List Media, Internet, Social Media, Television, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War

File Image of Stylized Eye Surrounded by Binary Code

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – May 25, 2015) The United States on Friday announced that U.S. companies can still give users in Crimea access to a range of free online communications services, despite an earlier U.S. ban on providing any services to the region after it was annexed by Russia last year. The decision will allow U.S. Internet companies such […]

NEWSLINK Kyiv Post: Alexei Bayer, America should teach Ukraine to wage a clandestine war

May 26, 2015 JRL Russia List Military, Spies, Spy Allegations, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

Where Ukraine really needs U.S. help is in the area of domestic security. In other words, it needs to fight the kind of war Russia has started – especially now, since the hot conflict in its eastern part has become stationary and the war is entering a clandestine phase.

NEWSLINK The National Interest: Avoiding a New ‘Cuban Missile Crisis’ in Ukraine

May 22, 2015 JRL Russia List Newslinks, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

Map of Ranges of Soviet Missiles on Cuba

The war in Ukraine has already created the most dangerous confrontation between Washington and Moscow since the Cuban Missile Crisis. If Obama scales up arms supplies to Ukraine in response to Minsk II’s collapse, the United States and Russia will be engaged in a military test of wills—on the latter’s doorstep. In 1962, geography favored Washi

NEWSLINK The Daily Signal: In New Role, US Army Prepares Ukrainians for Different Type of War

May 16, 2015 JRL Russia List Military, Newslinks, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

The sounds of gunfire and explosions are constant on the firing range at the International Peacekeeping and Security Center outside this western Ukrainian town. At one spot, behind an earthen bunker, U.S. Army paratroopers are qualifying Ukrainian National Guard soldiers in Soviet-era shoulder-fired rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs). Further down the line, Ukrainian soldiers shoot at targets using different types of Kalashnikov […]

NEWSLINK U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Statement on Ukrainian Legislation on Historical Research and Debate

May 14, 2015 JRL Russia List Newslinks, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is deeply concerned about a series of legislative initiatives that the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian Parliament, adopted on April 9, 2015.

NEWSLINK New York Times: Battle Tested, Ukraine Troops Now Get U.S. Basic Training

May 12, 2015 JRL Russia List Military, Newslinks, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

The exercise, one of the most fundamental in the military handbook, came off without a hitch. A soldier carrying a length of rope and a grappling hook ran to within 20 feet or so of a coil of concertina wire and stopped.

NEWSLINK New York Times: Judge Rebuffs U.S. in Rejecting Extradition of Ukraine Billionaire

May 5, 2015 JRL Russia List Newslinks, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

In a defeat for the United States, an Austrian judge refused Thursday to order the extradition of Dmitri V. Firtash, a Ukrainian billionaire and onetime patron of the country’s ousted president, Viktor F. Yanukovych, siding with defense lawyers who said the American request was politically motivated.

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NEWSLINK AP: US Experts on Russia Fear Escalation Over Ukraine.

May 4, 2015 JRL Russia List Newslinks, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

Ukraine Air Crash Scene with Uniformed Security Personnel, Flames, Smoke

U.S. experts on Russia see a growing danger the crisis in Ukraine that has already taken thousands of lives could explode, although the latest cease-fire agreement has partially held. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_UNITED_STATES_RUSSIA_ANALYSIS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

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Interfax: U.S. to deploy bases in Ukraine after peacekeeping mission – Russian Deputy Defense Minister

April 30, 2015 JRL Russia List Military, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War

(Interfax – April 30, 2015) Over 400 U.S. military sites have been deployed in countries surrounding Russia, and the Pentagon will open its bases in Ukraine if American peacekeepers are sent there, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov has said. “I agree. No matter where the Americans go, bases are built there,” Antonov said in an interview published by the […]

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NEWSLINK AP: US now sees Russia directing Ukraine’s rebels

April 30, 2015 JRL Russia List Military, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

The United States now sees the Ukrainian rebels as a Russian force. American officials briefed on intelligence from the region say Russia has significantly deepened its command and control of the militants in eastern Ukraine in recent months, leading the U.S. to quietly introduce a new term: “combined Russian-separatist forces.” The State Department used the expression three times in a […]

SENATE HEARING: Russia, Ukraine, and U.S. Policy – Prepared statement by Stephen Sestanovich

April 29, 2015 JRL Russia List Military, NATO, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

Senate Committee on Armed Service April 28, 2015 Russia, Ukraine, and U.S. Policy Prepared statement by Stephen Sestanovich George F. Kennan Senior Fellow for Russian and Eurasian Studies Council on Foreign Relations Kathryn and Shelby Collum Davis Professor of International Diplomacy School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University Chairman McCain, Senator Reed, members of the Armed Services Committee: Thank […]

Russia Says Ukraine Must Be ‘Neutral’ as It Accuses U.S., NATO

April 22, 2015 JRL Russia List Europe, EU, NATO, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Henry Meyer, Daryna Krasnolutska, Volodymyr Verbyany – April 22, 2015) Russia said it wants a “neutral” and unified Ukraine as it accused the North Atlantic Treaty Organization of seeking to turn its neighbor into a hostile state. The U.S. wields enormous influence over Ukraine, while Russia wants the people of its “near neighbor” to have a […]

No U.S. plans to deliver anti-tank systems to Ukraine – U.S. ambassador to Russia

April 22, 2015 JRL Russia List Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

File Photo of Soldier Firing Javelin Shoulder-Mounted Anti-Tank Missile

(Interfax – April 21, 2015) The U.S. does not plan to deliver Javelin shoulder-mounted anti-tank missile systems to Ukraine for the moment and is sending defensive gear alone to that country, U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Tefft said on Ekho Moskvy radio. He said that the U.S. is supplying bullet-proof jackets, glasses and night-vision systems to Ukraine, all of which are […]

Tefft Says Obama Would Be ‘Happy’ to Get Involved in Ukraine Peace Talks

April 22, 2015 JRL Russia List Politics, Government, Protests, Elections

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Anna Dolgov – April 22, 2015) Moscow would welcome the involvement of any country that could pressure Kiev into observing a cease-fire with separatists, the Kremlin said, after the U.S. ambassador to Russia suggested President Barack Obama would readily participate in the Ukrainian peace talks if he were invited. Ambassador John Tefft said U.S. officials […]

The Faltering Russian Economy Makes a Renewed Ukraine Offensive More Likely

April 21, 2015 JRL Russia List Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

File Photo of Kremlin Tower, St. Basil's, Red Square at Night

(Eurasia Daily Monitor: Volume 12, Issue 73 – Jamestown Foundation – jamestown.org – Pavel K. Baev) “Boring” is perhaps the prevalent impression of President Vladimir Putin’s televised four-hour-long Q & A session that aired last Thursday (April 16), which was meant to demonstrate his good health and relaxed attitude to the great many problems worrying his loyal subjects. The three […]

NEWSLINK New York Times/James Cartwright & Vladimir Dvorkin: How to Avert a Nuclear War

April 20, 2015 JRL Russia List Military, Newslinks, Nuclear, Missile Defense, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War

We find ourselves in an increasingly risky strategic environment. The Ukrainian crisis has threatened the stability of relations between Russiaand the West, including the nuclear dimension — as became apparent last month when it was reported that Russian defense officials had advised President Vladimir V. Putin to consider placing Russia’s nuclear arsenal on alert during last year’s crisis in Crimea.

Interfax: Ukrainian-U.S. Fearless Guardian 2015 military exercise begins in Ukraine

April 20, 2015 JRL Russia List Military, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

LVIV. April 20 (Interfax) – During the Fearless Guardian 2015 international military exercise, Ukraine’s National Guard intends to learn from the United States military the practices they have used in operations worldwide, Ukraine’s Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said. “The U.S. special task force has experience received in operations worldwide, and we want to use this experience. Wars are won by […]

18 of 20 Ukraine’s Ministers Now Speak English Up from Two in Yanukovich Regime

April 6, 2015 JRL Russia List Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

(Paul Goble – Window on Eurasia – Staunton, April 6, 2015) Sometimes a simple statistic can highlight a fundamental change, and that is true of one from Ukraine. At present, 18 of 20 of the ministers in the Ukrainian government speak English, up from only two of 20 under Viktor Yanukovich, Vitaly Sych, the editor of “Novoye vremya” points out. […]

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Belarus Leader Urges U.S. Involvement in Ukraine Peace Process

April 1, 2015 JRL Russia List Belarus, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War

(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Aliaksandr Kudrytski, Ryan Chilcote – March 31, 2015) Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko urged the U.S. to play a bigger role in the Ukrainian peace process and said a lasting solution will be impossible without its help. “The most worrying thing is that the U.S. hasn’t been openly involved in this process,” Lukashenko said in the new […]

NEWSLINK AP: US forces to hold exercises in Ukraine

April 1, 2015 JRL Russia List Newslinks, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

The United States plans to send soldiers to Ukraine in April for training exercises with units of the country’s national guard. Ukraine’s Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said in a Facebook post on Sunday that the units to be trained include the Azov Battalion, a volunteer force that has attracted criticism for its far-right sentiments including brandishing an emblem widely used […]

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NEWSWATCH STRATFOR: The West Hems in Russia Little by Little

March 31, 2015 JRL Russia List Europe, EU, Military, NATO, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

Map of U.S. Military Activities in Europe

[“The West Hems in Russia Little by Little” – Stratfor.com – March 30, 2015] Stratfor considers bolstered U.S. military activities in Europe, including in the vicinity of Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin must be feeling very claustrophobic these days. … All along Russia’s frontier with Europe, the U.S. military is bustling with activity. Bit by bit, the United States is expanding various military exercises […]

NEWSLINK Hoover Roundtable: Perspectives On Russia’s Hybrid War On Ukraine And US Foreign Policy

March 27, 2015 JRL Russia List Military, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

On March 10, the Hoover Institution [at Stanford University] held a roundtable discussion on “Perspectives on Russia’s Hybrid War on Ukraine and US Foreign Policy.” Hoover fellow Paul Gregory moderated; presenters were Michael McFaul, director of Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute, Hoover senior fellow, and former ambassador to Russia; Alexander Yarim-Agaev, a professor at Donetsk Technical University; General Jim Mattis, (ret) […]

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Pressure on Kolomoyskyi is U.S. attempt to create centralized Ukraine with strong anti-Russian govt – Duma deputy

March 26, 2015 JRL Russia List Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War

MOSCOW. March 24 (Interfax) – The events around Ukrainian governor Ihor Kolomoyskyi attest that he is not among the people the West is planning to build relations with, says Mikhail Yemelyanov, first deputy leader of A Just Russia Party faction. “It is clear that Kolomoyskyi is not the politician with whom the U.S. and Europeans would like to deal, hence […]

Interfax: Lavrov: Kyiv may resort to provocation in Donbas to get arms from abroad

March 26, 2015 JRL Russia List Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War

MOSCOW. March 21 (Interfax) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov does not rule out that what he called “the war party” in Kyiv might resort to some provocative acts to open the path to supplies of lethal weapons to Ukrainian government forces from abroad. “Provocateurs in Kyiv and also those who support the war party may try to cook something […]

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NEWSLINK Kyiv Post: Western defeatism in stopping Russia’s war against Ukraine

March 26, 2015 JRL Russia List JRL NewsBlog, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War

Special status within the Ukrainian state for separatist-held territory in the east, envisioned in Minsk II agreement, is an incongruously crude attempt to undermine stability and make turmoil in Ukraine. It was Vladimir Putin’s script, accepted by the shameless Barack Obama-Angela Merkel-Francois Holland trio, even if the U.S. president was not there in person. It was their alternative to offering […]

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Interfax: Moscow will not stay indifferent to U.S. decision on lethal arms supplies to Kiev

March 25, 2015 JRL Russia List Arms Trade, Military Aid, Military, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

(Interfax – March 24, 2015) Russia will not stay indifferent to Washington’s possible decision to begin supplying lethal weapons to Ukraine, Alexei Pushkov, who chairs the Foreign Affairs Committee in the State Duma, the lower chamber of Russia’s parliament, has said. “The Congress is urging the president of the United States to begin delivering weapons to the country which has […]

NEWSWATCH: How the Ukrainian Diaspora Sees the Homeland

March 19, 2015 JRL Russia List JRL NewsBlog, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

Mercator Projection Satellite Image of Earth

[“Ukrainian Politics Abroad: How the Ukrainian Diaspora Sees the Homeland” – Foreign Affairs – foreignaffairs.com – Olena Lennon – March 17, 2015] Professor Olena Lennon, from the University of New Haven, writes on the experiences and attitudes of those of Ukrainian origin or heritage in the United States. Points of interest include perspectives on history, Russia, Europe, and the Russian and Ukrainian languages. The diaspora is distinctive in several […]

NEWSLINK Wall Street Journal: U.S. Delays Ukraine Military Training, General Says; Washington wary of giving Moscow excuse to scrap truce

March 18, 2015 JRL Russia List Military, Newslinks, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

The Pentagon is delaying a training program for Ukrainian soldiers so as to avoid giving the Kremlin an excuse to scrap the tenuous peace deal struck last month between Kiev and Moscow-backed separatists, a top U.S. general said Tuesday. Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, commander of U.S. Army in Europe, said U.S. officials wanted to make sure such training—which would involve […]

Moscow Times: No, Crimea Is Not ‘Suffering Reign of Terror’ Under Russian Rule

March 17, 2015 JRL Russia List Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Peter Hobson, Business Editor – March 16, 2015) U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland last week told an influential group of U.S. senators that due to Russian actions in Ukraine, “Crimea and parts of eastern Ukraine are suffering a reign of terror.” Nuland, who spearheads White House policy in Eastern Europe, is persona non grata […]

NEWSLINK Politico: Obama pressed on many fronts to arm Ukraine

March 16, 2015 JRL Russia List Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War

File Photo of White House with South Lawn and Fountain

The Obama administration is at war with itself over the question of arming Ukraine, with Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and key military leaders suggesting they would support a change of course. … Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/obama-pressed-on-many-fronts-to-arm-ukraine-115999.html#ixzz3UnP4YI7p

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TRANSCRIPT: Victoria Nuland Testimony on Ukraine Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

March 15, 2015 JRL Russia List Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

US Department of State TESTIMONY ON UKRAINE BEFORE THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE Testimony Victoria Nuland Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Washington, DC March 10, 2015 As prepared Chairman Corker, Ranking Member Menendez and members of this committee-thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today on the situation […]

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