US-Ukraine relations

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks during a conference at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem on September 3, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

September 20, 2018, 3:15 pm

Liberman blames anti-Russian racism for accusation he aided Manafort scheme

Minister denies he directed a 2012 Foreign Ministry statement that criticized Ukrainian politician, saying that the ‘Foreign Ministry responds to any anti-Semitism’

By TOI staff

Danny Ayalon (right) and Avigdor Liberman in court in 2013. The two men, once close allies, did not speak (Yossi Zamir/POOL/Flash90)

September 17, 2018, 6:25 pm

Liberman’s ex-deputy calls for probe of alleged link to Manafort case

Danny Ayalon, who served as lieutenant to foreign minister, says he wasn’t aware of ‘very strange’ 2012 Foreign Ministry statement accusing Ukrainian opposition of anti-Semitism

By Raoul Wootliff

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks in the Jerusalem International Convention Center (ICC) on September 3, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

September 16, 2018, 10:06 pm

It wasn’t me: Liberman said to ask US to name senior Israeli who aided Manafort

Defense minister reportedly wants US to clarify he was not the unnamed government official in scheme against Ukrainian politician, threatens to sue media outlets that malign him

By TOI staff and AP

Zionist Union leader Avi Gabbay speaks at a conference held by the Israel Democracy Institute in Jerusalem on March 11, 2018.(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

September 16, 2018, 4:13 pm

Labor leader demands probe to uncover Israeli official who acted for Manafort

US indictment shows ex-Trump campaign chair hatched scheme against Ukrainian politician together with senior Jerusalem government figure

By TOI staff and AP

In this file photo from November 2, 2017, Paul Manafort leaves the Federal District Court in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

September 14, 2018, 10:11 pm

Manafort and ‘senior Israeli’ spread anti-Semitism story to boost Ukraine leader

Indictment shows ex-Trump campaign chair hatched scheme against Yulia Tymoshenko to help rival Viktor Yanukovych;

By TOI staff and AP

This June 15, 2018 file photo shows Paul Manafort, Donald Trump's former campaign chief, arriving for a hearing at US District Court in Washington, DC.
Manafort has agreed to plead guilty to charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States and witness tampering, court documents indicated on September 14, 2018. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)

September 14, 2018, 5:43 pm

Manafort pleads guilty ahead of new trial, to cooperate with Mueller

Charges against former Trump campaign chairman include conspiracy against the US and conspiracy to obstruct justice; White House says deal not connected to Trump

By Agencies

US Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Senator John McCain speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 15, 2016. (AP/Susan Walsh, File)

August 27, 2018, 7:50 pm

Burning in hell: Moscow press sheds few tears for ‘chief Russophobe’ McCain

Pro-Kremlin media slams late US senator who ‘adored war’; Ukraine praises him, mulls naming a Kiev street in his honor

By AFP

In this file photo from April 26, 2018, Michael Cohen leaves federal court in New York City. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

May 24, 2018, 3:37 pm

Trump’s lawyer ‘received hundreds of thousands from Kiev to set up WH meeting’

Ukrainian leader established a backchannel via Michael Cohen for June 2017 sit-down with US president, BBC reports

By Michael Bachner

Rabbi Moshe Azman, founder of the Anatevka community near Kiev, February 29, 2016. (R. Litevsky/Courtesy of the Office of Rabbi Moshe Azman)

May 12, 2018, 8:43 am

Prominent Ukrainian rabbi inaugurates prayer for Trump’s success

Rabbi Moshe Azman hopes US president ‘with God’s help will do everything possible to protect the Land of Israel and the United States of America’

By JTA

Josef Zissels is a Jewish community leader who spent nearly 10 years in a Soviet prison and is an advocate of the pro-independence Ukrainian revolution. (Courtesy Vaad of Ukrainian Jews/via JTA)

May 2, 2018, 5:17 pm

Ukraine Jewish leader slams US letter critical of anti-Semitism in his country

Josef Zissels under fire for hinting that Moscow could have paid for US congressmen to write statement condemning Ukrainian laws ‘glorifying Nazi collaborators’

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Paul Manafort, US President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, arrives at the federal courthouse in Washington on February 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

March 15, 2018, 10:30 am

Ex-Trump campaign chairman asks judge to dismiss charges

Paul Manafort, accused of money laundering, argues special counsel Mueller exceeded his authority by prosecuting him

By Eric Tucker and CHAD DAY

Ukrainian soldiers ride armored vehicles to Debaltseve, eastern Ukraine, Donetsk region, on February 1, 2015. (AFP/Oleksander Stashevsky)

March 2, 2018, 1:58 am

US steps up lethal aid to Ukraine with plans to provide 210 anti-tank missiles

In major escalation of weapons assistance, Trump administration says it will do more to help Kiev government defend its territory from Russia

By Josh Lederman

December 24, 2017, 2:22 am

Russia warns US decision to arm Ukraine encourages ‘new bloodshed’

Washington reportedly set to supply revanchists with anti-tank missiles, including possibly the advanced Javelin system

By Anna SMOLCHENKO and Oleksandr SAVOCHENKO

December 23, 2017, 11:15 am

US officials say lethal weapons headed to Ukraine

Trump administration to provide ‘enhanced defensive capabilities’ to help Ukraine fight Russian-backed rebels; plan likely to further strain relations with Moscow

By Josh Lederman

A pro-Russian rebel mans a weapon mounted on a pickup truck in the town of Vuhlehirsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, February 10, 2015 (photo credit: AP /Vadim Braydov)

June 21, 2017, 11:27 pm

Russia cancels US meeting over Ukraine sanctions

Snub by Moscow apparently triggered by addition of 38 individuals and entities to restrictions list

By Dave Clark