Posted on 02/07/2020 8:49:35 AM PST by elpadre
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is currently withholding approval for at least six commercial orders for arms and ammunition from U.S. companies to Ukraine, BuzzFeed has reported.
"The Trump administration is currently withholding approval for at least six commercial orders for arms and ammunition from US companies to Ukraine, together worth roughly $30 million, according to three current Ukrainian officials and a former senior U.S. official who have direct knowledge of the sales, straining an already fragile relationship between the two countries," says the article posted on the BuzzFeed's website on Thursday.
All four officials said that five of the pending sales from U.S. companies have been delayed for around a year, and one of the sales has been held up for more than a year. The officials said they haven't been able to get any answers from the Trump administration about why the deals, which typically take around two months to approve and must be licensed by the State Department, haven't received approval.
"It might be wise for the Ukrainians to look for other sources" from which to buy arms and ammunition, said the U.S. official, who said he has questioned senior White House and State Department officials about the issue.
The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv declined to comment on the matter, and the White House and State Department did not respond to requests for comments. Ukroboronprom, the Ukrainian state-owned arms conglomerate and the official buyer of all the arms and ammunition, also didnt respond when asked for comment.
"Two Ukrainian officials who spoke to BuzzFeed News believe the delays could be related to a Chinese attempt to buy a strategic Ukrainian aerospace company that the U.S. has tried to block, raising the possibility of Kyiv getting caught up in a power play between Beijing and Washington," BuzzFeed said.
Keeping Red China at bay is somehow a bad thing. I think the Ukies are playing a dangerous game here. Are the Russians actually attacking them? Havent seen many combat reports in the press. Yet they are getting aid and weapons from us, dealing technology tobthe Chinois Rouge, initiating psyops against The US through infiltrating our political parties and setting up the Russians as the bad guy. This is a very dangerous game they are playing. I would almost rather be allied with Turkey.
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If I read things correctly the graft, deception and illegalities went clear to the Oval Office on the Kenyan’s watch. No wonder the deep state has their collective panties in a knot. This is very bad. Hunter Biden had better get some REAL good security..... Of all the shenanigans and scandals of the previous administration nobody resigned or went to prison.....sorta tells you who was in giving the orders, doesn't it?
Thanks...found it
Because "foreign Aid" and war is an extortion/racketeering operation that our senators and bureaucrats all participate in.....at our expense and at the cost of our kids lives when the join the military.
that's why
and that's why both parties panicked when Trump got elected
Mutual embargoes between Russia and Ukraine make any efforts fruitless. The company was established by the Russians and for the Russian market. I have no idea what EU might do to support it. Should it buy a thousand aircraft engines annually it has no use for? China is their only solution. Even Russia is of no help anymore since it is now building 90% of that it has imported by itself. And China has no plans to keep the production in Ukraine. You might stop acquisition of assets by China but you won’t stop engineers and plans from fleeing to China.
“” “” For The Record...
Ukraine never corrupted any U.S. politicians; U.S. politicians who were ALREADY corrupt merely found a venue for their preexisting corruption in Ukraine.”” “”
That’s if you ignore the fact that they invented and fed the ‘Russian collusion’ conspiracy and tried to bring down POTUS.
That’s a two way street. Democrats funneled billions of dollars to steal altogether and Ukraine did all it could to keep Democrats in power.
Their politicians were wiretapped talking about it.
Barr can no longer sit on his ass.
Sure he can. Just watch.
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But you know how your can tell its true? Notice the Brown SHirt Media wont touch the story. Not even to claim Beck is crazy.
Yeah. Thats the vid.
Sorry, didnt see this until just now. Ukraine:The Final Piece.
Thanks - I watched that one last night.....Excellent - now on to investigation and successful results!!!
$30 Million? Heck, that’s chump change. Biden wanted to withhold a Bullion Dollars to protect his Son.
Im recommending it to any one who will. Listen to me. To me this answers every question. Why did Hillary get a different briefing than Trump. Why was COmey trying to extort Trump and for what. Find an, even Ciaramella. It is too much to believe all these people pulled all this crap so Bidens son could get rich. No, theres a much bigger reason. Covering up 0bamas secret war.
This goes back to 2014 when the corrupt Oligarch funneled $1.8 Billion into his own bank and it disappeared and a week later he bought $1.8 billion in tanks and stuff. Oh, that $1.8 Billion was your money, by the way.
Right! I just watched Glenn Beck’s video of his investigation and believe he has nailed it!
Thank You-will check it out
I think, if we EVER get to the bottom of it all, we’ll discover that the “Russian collusion” idea was originated on THIS side of the Atlantic, and planted over there in an environment collaboratively created to cultivate it.
That’s not impossible.
Oh, wait a sec....
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