updated Sat. March 16, 2024
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Quartz
February 20, 2018
Gates and Paul Manafort contracted Skadden in 2012 while working as spin doctors for then-Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych's government. ... The report's credibility has been attacked by former US ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst, who told the New York Times (paywall) the report was “a nastyÃâà...
Atlantic Council (blog)
January 18, 2018
Senior national security advisers then picked up the policy ball and persuaded Trump to provide Ukraine with lethal weapons, including the much-discussed Javelin anti-tank missiles. Obama famously and timidly chose not to provide such weapons claiming that it would simply lead to a Kremlin escalation.
Newsweek
December 26, 2017
John Herbst, who served as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine from 2003 to 2006, recently told Newsweek that providing Javelin anti-tank missiles to Kiev could significantly improve the situation for Ukraine, which had previously sought the weapons. "The Russians have used tanks effectively to take UkrainianÃâà...
Atlantic Council (blog)
December 21, 2017
In September, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a UN peacekeeping mission that would be limited to protecting the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's unarmed monitors along the line of contact, which separates Ukraine from the occupied territories. Most experts think Putin'sÃâà...
Newsweek
December 21, 2017
President Donald Trump is "oblivious" to the "dangers" Russia poses in Ukraine and the recent approval of a limited lethal arms sale to Kiev will do little to impact the ongoing, bloody conflict in the eastern part of the country, according to former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst. "The president, byÃâà...
Atlantic Council (blog)
December 14, 2017
The Victor Pinchuk Foundation's projects include, among others: an all-Ukrainian network of neonatal center Cradles of Hope; the largest private scholarship program in Ukraine, Zavtra.UA; the WorldWideStudies scholarship programme for Ukrainian students studying abroad and the PinchukArtCentre, theÃâà...
Atlantic Council (blog)
December 5, 2017
Aivaras Abromavicius, former Ukrainian Minister of Economy and Trade: I think there has been a good amount of progress made by the last two ... John Herbst, Director of the Eurasia Center and former US Ambassador to Ukraine: The news today from Kyiv is distressing for all friends of Ukraine. FightingÃâà...
The Nation.
September 13, 2017
President Trump's newly appointed special representative for Ukraine, Ambassador Kurt Volker, said the administration is considering sending anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles to front-line Ukrainian forces in the Donbass [eastern Ukraine] to enable our ally to “defend itself if Russia were to take furtherÃâà...
Voice of America
July 9, 2017
Tillerson has named former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker to serve as Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations. ... Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst told VOA on Friday that Tillerson should make it clear of “U.S. strong support for Ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity,Ãâà...
NBCNews.com
June 27, 2017
New details keep emerging as U.S. and Ukrainian officials piece together Manafort's contacts and payments in Ukraine from 2004 to 2014. ... John Herbst, who was U.S. ambassador to Ukraine from 2004 to 2006, said the motivations of the oligarchs who ran the party seemed uncomplicated.
