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Former Ukrainian leader said she was reassured by Trump
Stars & Stripes/The Washington Post ^ | February 4, 2017 | TOM HAMBURGER

Posted on 02/04/2017 7:31:36 AM PST by GonzoII

A Ukrainian political leader said she received assurances from President Donald Trump that he would look out for Ukraine in its ongoing dispute with Russia, according to people briefed in the aftermath of a quick, informal conversation between the two political figures.

Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko had a momentary meeting with Trump just before he spoke to the National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton on Thursday.

Tymoshenko and a group of supporters who traveled with her from Kiev this week quickly relayed word of the exchange, telling allies in Washington that Trump had said he would not abandon Ukraine and would not lift sanctions against Russia until Ukraine was secure.

(Excerpt) Read more at stripes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: 201702; first100days; putin; russia; sanctions; trump; trump45; trumprussia; trumpukraine; tymoshenko; ukrain; ukraine; ukrainecrisis

1 posted on 02/04/2017 7:31:36 AM PST by GonzoII
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To: GonzoII

If Trump shuts down Soros and McCain, and instructs our UN Ambassador to talk and act like a diplomat instead of a Soros shill, it will be a start


2 posted on 02/04/2017 7:42:40 AM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: GonzoII
I would never trust Ukraine...on anything...IIRC, she's no good...and a real antagonist.

Buyer beware.

3 posted on 02/04/2017 7:44:02 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: GonzoII
Yulia Tymoshenko

Magnificent campaigner, but a terrible Prime Minister. She was the only reason Yushenko ever got elected during the "orange revolution" back in 04. Once she became Prime Minister though she ran Ukraine with what could only be described as socialist economic policies. She was a disaster.

4 posted on 02/04/2017 7:51:14 AM PST by SeeSharp
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To: silverleaf

uh-oh! seems like Trump isn’t supporting Russia like you thought he would...what are you going to do?


5 posted on 02/04/2017 8:08:31 AM PST by KOZ.
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To: Sacajaweau

I’d say ‘buyer beware’ to anything Russians post as disinformation.

:)


6 posted on 02/04/2017 8:09:28 AM PST by KOZ.
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To: GonzoII

Yulia Timoshenko needs to be watched. She is not as lily white as she purports to be.


7 posted on 02/04/2017 8:10:24 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: Jimmy Valentine
Yulia Timoshenko needs to be watched. She is not as lily white as she purports to be.

Politicians aren't lily white especially in Ukraine. That straw man fallacy aside, Ukraine deserves to be independent of Putin and Russia. Especially now that the political power of the EU is weakening.

8 posted on 02/04/2017 8:16:35 AM PST by FreeReign
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To: FreeReign

“Ukraine deserves to be independent of Putin and Russia. Especially now that the political power of the EU is weakening.”

Reassuring that the Putin chess game will not be matched by a game of checkers on President Trump’s side.

Ambassador Nikki Haley’s remarks on her first day proves that President Trump will be a pushover to no one. Not to Putin and not to the ChiComs.

Every day it appears our new President is the reincarnation of Ronald Reagan the Great. He is for America and let others who dare challenge it beware.

#MAGA!


9 posted on 02/04/2017 9:00:22 AM PST by romanesq (For George Soros so loved the world, he gave us Obama)
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To: silverleaf

You must be terribly disappointed that Trump isn’t going to be Putin’s bitch.


10 posted on 02/04/2017 9:06:47 AM PST by elhombrelibre (Cogito ergo sum a conservative pro-American.)
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To: KOZ.

The Putinistas are going to have a fit because Trump won’t buckle under to the KGB bully and president for life Putin. LOL. I guess they wanted him to be a Quisling for the bare chested thug. HA!!!


11 posted on 02/04/2017 9:08:35 AM PST by elhombrelibre (Cogito ergo sum a conservative pro-American.)
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To: FreeReign

Well said. They’re going to vote on joining NATO. They should not be let in, but the consequence of the vote will be a great indicator that the Ukrainians want to be free of damned Putinista thugs. Let all the nations be free to choose their own path. The unfortunate consequence of being next to Tsarist, Soviet, Putinista Russia should not mean you have to kowtow to Putin, like his boot lickers want.


12 posted on 02/04/2017 9:11:56 AM PST by elhombrelibre (Cogito ergo sum a conservative pro-American.)
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To: SeeSharp

Glad to see someone else who actually knows about Ukraine. Tymoshenko’s disastrous administration, which moved left on economic policy with predictable results is why Yanukovich was reelected after having been booted out by the voters previously. She’s a grade A idiot, whatever she looks like. Check out her daughter BTW.


13 posted on 02/04/2017 9:37:56 AM PST by WatchungEagle
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To: SeeSharp

That is putting it mildly. She is a criminal, plain and simple. She should be back in prison.


14 posted on 02/04/2017 8:22:43 PM PST by billakay
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