Pres Z Elected April 21 & sworn in May 20.
DOD certifies money can be released May 23.
That was some fast work by the DoD
May 20, 2019 · Volodymyr Zelensky sworn in as Ukraine's sixth president. Volodymyr Zelensk
May 20, 2019 · Volodymyr Zelensky sworn in as Ukraine's sixth president. Volodymyr Zelensky
The Department of Defense certified Ukraine reforms in a May 23, 2019 letter from John C. Rood to Congress, but this certification was only necessary to release the second $125-million tranche.
Read the letter. The tables therein refer to that $125 million as "Tranche 2." So what happened to the first $125 million? It was already spent on Ukraine before the July 25 phone call with Zelensky.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/11/president_trump_never_impounded_even_one_dollar_from_ukraine_aid.html