Poroshenko attacked the US embassy. Americans are preparing retribution
The Verkhovna Rada’s attempt to remove the chairman of the parliamentary committee on preventing and combating corruption, Yegor Sobolev, and the head of NABU, Artem Sytnik, from their posts is a direct challenge to Washington. The Kyiv online newspaper writes about this "Country".
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The publication notes that attacking anti-corruption authorities will be difficult given the position of the US and EU.
“That’s why the authorities are in a hurry, launching a kind of “psychic” attack, so that opponents inside Ukraine do not have time to come to their senses, and simply present the West with a fait accompli even before Washington and the EU decide to use tough measures against the Ukrainian authorities,” the publication emphasizes. .
As an informed source in diplomatic circles told reporters, by attacking Sobolev and Sytnik, the authorities aroused sharp dissatisfaction from the American embassy.
“Poroshenko today did not attack Sobolev and the head of NABU, but the head of the technical assistance department for law enforcement agencies of Ukraine at the US Embassy in Ukraine, Christopher Smith. He is considered the curator of NABU from Washington. In particular, he gave recommendations on auditor candidates for NABU. So retaliation will still follow,” the source said.
At the same time, the United States has already warned that Ukraine may lose American financial assistance.
“If the Rada votes to dismiss the head of the Anti-Corruption Committee and the head of NABU, then I will recommend cutting off all US government assistance to Ukraine, including security assistance,” former US Deputy Secretary of Defense Michael Carpenter wrote on Twitter.
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