Ukraine found out US aid was suspended weeks after Trump-Zelensky phone call
by Tim Pearce
| October 02, 2019 02:24 PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky did not know President Trump had suspended U.S. aid to his country until a month after the two spoke on the phone on July 25.
Two Ukrainian officials and one U.S. official told Buzzfeed News that Ukraine was not notified that Trump had suspended aid until late August. The Zelensky administration finally learned of the hold-up from a "letter sent to us from our Washington Embassy."
Zelensky spoke to Trump on July 25 under the impression that nearly $141 million in aid from the U.S. State Department and $250 million from the Pentagon was on its way to Ukraine’s treasury. Trump had suspended the aid on July 18. When Ukraine found out about Trump’s decision, Zelensky officials were surprised.
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