What they said, Double it.
Since Ukrainians took to the streets to overthrow the Russian-backed leader Viktor Yanukovych in 2014, the country has become the front line of the West’s new cold war with the Kremlin. Ukraine is considered Russia’s biggest foreign policy priority, and Moscow-backed separatists have sliced off two separate parts of this former Soviet appendage: the Crimean Peninsula and a chunk of Eastern Ukraine. Three days before election day there were reports of mass armed searches and arrests targeting Crimean Tatars by Russian authorities. But Western countries, led by the United States, have poured hundreds of (((millions of dollars into Ukraine and sent advisors to mentor the armed forces to stop the Russian advance. Ukraine is flirting with NATO and European Union membership))), which would irrevocably alter both institutions. All of this means that Ukraine’s elections are an inflection point for a country that is literally split between East and West. But the presidential vote in Ukraine is shrouded with mystery, much like the porcine protest at Zhitnii Market.
Less than two weeks before election day, the country’s prosecutor general, Yuriy Lutsenko, alleged in an interview with the Hill that the (((U.S. ambassador, Marie Yovanovitch, gave him a do-not-prosecute list in their first meeting))). Lutsenko added that he was investigating whether anyone in Ukraine’s government leaked financial records about former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort in order to support Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential run. (The State Department did not respond to questions, but the embassy has previously denied the story.)
https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/03/29/ukraines-election-is-a-mess-and-thats-exactly-what-putin-wants-russia-nato-european-union-poroshenko-zelensky-tymoshenko/
People won't get Suicided over AJ.
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Marie Yovanovitch as the new U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine.
New York Times reporter David Herszenhorn posted this on Twitter.
"Marie L. Yovanovitch is confirmed by Senate as US ambassador to Ukraine replacing Geoffrey Pyatt at crucial juncture in country's history," he wrote.
The journalist added that former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Pyatt was confirmed by the Senate as the Ambassador to Greece.
As reported, (((President Barack Obama put forward Marie Yovanovitch's candidacy in May))).
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/2050783-us-senate-confirms-new-ambassador-to-ukraine.html
Also
Protesters Arrested for Attacking Kiev Pride Parade
The Kiev Pride march saw some 5,000 members of the LGBTQ community and allies take to the streets, about twice that of last year, with U.S. Ambassador Marie L. Yovanovitch and Rebecca Harms of the European Parliament at the front.
http://www.newnownext.com/protesters-arrested-for-attacking-kiev-pride-parade/06/2018/
Rebecca Harms to observe elections in Ukraine
Friend; in activism
U.S. Ambassador Marie L. Yovanovitch
Read more on UNIAN: https://www.unian.info/politics/10496085-rebecca-harms-to-observe-elections-in-ukraine.html
What they said, Double It.
Agreed