REFILE: TIMELINE: NATO's relationship with Ukraine since its independence from the USSR
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1982905
REFILE: TIMELINE: NATO's relationship with Ukraine since its independence from the USSR
- Title: REFILE: TIMELINE: NATO's relationship with Ukraine since its independence from the USSR
- Date: 29th November 2023
- Summary: The relationship between the U.S. and Ukraine became strained after claims that President Leonid Kuchma had approved the sale of the high-tech aircraft detection system to Iraq, which would greatly complicate any military action against Baghdad. The claims were made by Kuchma's bodyguard, Mykola Melnychenko, who said he had hundreds of hours of recordings as proof. Melnych
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- Keywords: ANTONY BLINKEN BILL CLINTON FOREIGN MINISTER OF UKRAINE ANATOLY ZLENKO GEORGE ROBERTSON JENS STOLTENBERG KRAVCHUK AND BELARUS LEADER STANISLAV SHUSHKEVICH NATO SECRETARY GENERAL NATO SECRETARY GENERAL JAVIER SOLANA NATO SECRETARY-GENERAL PRESIDENT PETRO POROSHENKO RSI RUSSIAN POOL RUSSIAN PRESIDENT RUSSIAN PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN SECRETARY GENERAL MANFRED WOERNER U.S. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE CONDOLEEZZA RICE U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT LEONID KUCHMA Ukraine NATO membership VLADIMIR PUTIN Volodymyr Zelenskiy nato
- Location: VARIOUS
- City: VARIOUS
- Country: Ukraine
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Europe,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA00A233204082023RP1
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