I spoke to European officials who said they're in utter disbelief over the chaos caused by Trump surrounding the US election.

An advisor to an EU president described it as looking like "Eastern Europe plus that small nuclear suitcase that Trump has."

buzzfeednews.com/article/christ…
In Ukraine, where past elections have been tainted by fraud and poisonings and colored by bizarre livestreamed drug screenings, an official inside President Zelensky’s administration described the US election as “crazy” and “totally toxic.” buzzfeednews.com/article/christ…
Ever the diplomat, Lithuanian FM @LinkeviciusL told me the political unrest in the US “looks very unusual.”

“We’re not used to this sight. We hope and expect the United States will solve this, not only for the sake of the US, but for others,” he said.

buzzfeednews.com/article/christ…
Here's German Foreign Minister @HeikoMaas reacting to the election over the weekend: "We had to listen to Trump describing China, Russia and the EU in one breath as the USA's greatest enemies. This has to come to an end," Maas said. dw.com/en/us-election…
@HeikoMaas Worth reading the full @HeikoMaas interview (in German, but Google Translate work pretty well in this case). auswaertiges-amt.de/de/newsroom/ma…

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18 Oct
No, @thedailybeast, this is NOT new. The laptop Derkach is discussing does NOT include any evidence to support accusations against the Bidens. It was presented last month during a press conference in Kyiv. I’ve seen the info he claims it holds; nothing verifiable there.
Here’s Derkach just this week again telling me about his laptop. (And yes, even though we chat and speak in Russian he has an aide translate things into English from time to time.)
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30 Sep
Here's what we know:

Ukraine Is Investigating The Suspicious Death Of A US Embassy Employee In Kyiv buzzfeednews.com/article/christ…
“We are heartbroken to report the death of an American member of the @USEmbassyKyiv community. Officials from U.S. Embassy Kyiv are currently working with authorities to determine the circumstances of the death,” the embassy told @BuzzFeedNews. buzzfeednews.com/article/christ…
@USEmbassyKyiv @BuzzFeedNews Where the American woman was found is less than a mile west of the US embassy. The below map will give you a sense of how close it is. (Location found on the left; embassy right of the park edge) The embassy is a heavily guarded compound with guards and police around 24/7. Image
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30 Sep
American woman working for @USEmbassyKyiv was found unconscious with head wound today; she was rushed to hospital but died, Ukrainian police sources tell me. Investigation underway; unclear if accident or attack. She was wearing jogging clothes, earbuds, found near train tracks.
@USEmbassyKyiv Kyiv police have released a statement saying they're looking for a person of interest: a man with dark hair, 30-40 years old, around 6 feet tall, dressed in black shorts, dark blue sneakers and a T-shirt. kyiv.npu.gov.ua/news/novini/po…
The US Embassy declined to comment. I've reached out to the State Department for information.
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29 Sep
For Donbas watchers: This has many in Ukraine worried. "I haven't seen a single confirmation that Russia is waging a war against Ukraine," says Vitold Fokin, newly appointed dep head of Ukraine delegation to Minsk group meant to facilitate end to the war. pravda.com.ua/news/2020/09/2…
Fokin's comments have been widely condemned in Ukraine. Russia's direct involvement in the war in the Donbas has been documented in great detail. Now a group of MPs wants Zelensky to condemn Fokin's remarks and fire him. en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/6…
Now Zelensky's own chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, and Ukraine's powerful interior minister, Arsen Avakov, are calling for Fokin, who served as the country's first PM, to be fired. Avakov went so far as to call him an "idiot" and said he should be put into retirement again. ImageImage
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25 Sep
A Ukrainian military AN-26 plane reportedly crashed during a training flight in the eastern Kharkiv region. No word on victims. kh.depo.ua/rus/kh/pid-kha…
Purported video of the crash site in Kharkiv region.
General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirms the crash and says there are dead and wounded cadets involved. facebook.com/GeneralStaff.u…
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19 Sep
Nina Bahinskaya, a Belarusian activist icon who has become a hero of the recent protests, has been detained by Lukashenko’s riot police.
Nina has had many close calls in recent weeks. Like this one.
And this one.
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