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July 21, 2009: Joe Biden meets with President Viktor Yushchenko in Kiev.
Statement by Vice President Biden After Meeting with President Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine
December 22, 2009: Joe Biden speaks on the phone with Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliya Ttmoshenko.
Readout of Vice President Biden's Call with Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko
February 25, 2010: Yanukovytch inaugurated as President of Ukraine.
December 10, 2010: Yuriy Lutsenko arrested by the SBU.
Ex-minister arrested in Ukraine
August 7, 2011: Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliya Ttmoshenko is arrested.
U.S. concerned at Tymoshenko arrest, hundreds protest
April 7, 2013: Yuriy Lutsenko is pardoned by Yanukovych.
In an announcement on his presidential website, Yanukovych said he had signed a decree granting the pardon following appeals by Ukrainian and European Union officials, including former Polish President Alexander Kwasniewski and the former president of the European Parliament, Pat Cox.
Yanukovych Pardons Tymoshenko Ally Lutsenko, Five Others
January 2014: Alexander Kwasniewski appointed to Burisma board of directors.
March 12, 2014: PM Yatsenyuk meets with Obama in the White House.
April 14, 2014: U.S. Treasury Secratary Jacob Lew signs billion dollar loan guarantee package for Ukraine. (1st tranche)
Treasury Secretary Lew Announces Signing Of $1 Billion U.S. Loan Guarantee Agreement For Ukraine
April 18, 2014: Facing criminal investigation, Mykola Zlovcheski appoints Hunter Biden to the board directors of Burisma Holdings to be in charge Burisma Holding's legal unit.
https://assets.documentcloud.org/do...a-Announces-Hunter-Biden-s-Appointment-to.pdf
April 20, 2014: Joe Biden travels to Ukraine.
April 22, 2014: Joe Biden meets with presidential candidates Poroshenko, Tymoshenko and members of parliament. Says US will provide aid for natural gas development.
Biden offers Kiev U.S. help, condemns corruption
April 30, 2014:
May 25, 2014: Poroshenko wins Ukrainian presidential election.
June 19, 2014: Vityaly Yarema is appointed Prosecutor General of Ukraine.
November 20-21, 2014:
November 24, 2014: Biden meets with president Poroshenko in person.
November 27, 2014: Criminal proceedings formally initiated against Burisma president and owner Mykola Zlovcheski.
Jan 20, 2015: $23.5 million of Burisma Holdings' assets unfrozen by British court.
Feb 10, 2015: Viktor Shokin appointed Prosecutor General by Ukraine parliament.
February 20, 2015: Biden speaks on phone with Poroshenko and Yatsenyuk.
Readout of the Vice Presidentās Calls with Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and President Petro Poroshenko
April 20, 2015: Joe Biden speaks on the phone with Poroshenko.
Readout of the Vice Presidentās Call with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko
May 15, 2015: U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew signs another $1 billion loan guarantee. (2nd tranche)
Statement of Secretary Lew on Signing of $1 Billion U.S. Loan Guarantee Agreement for Ukraine
September 24, 2015: Pyatt addresses Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's unicameral parliament).
November 2, 2015: Shokin survives assassination attempt via sniper attack. He is saved by the bullet resistant glass of his office window
December 6, 2015: Joe Biden meets with Ukrainian president Poroshenko.
December 8, 2015: Joe Biden addresses Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's unicameral parliament).
Remarks by Vice President Joe Biden to The Ukrainian Rada
~December 8, 2015: Joe Biden threatens President Poroshenko and Prime Minister Yatsenyuk, telling them that he would withhold $1 billion in loan guarantees unless Shokin was fired.
January 20, 2016: Joe Biden meeting with Poroshenko at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Readout of Vice President Biden's Meeting with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko
February 19, 2016: President Poroshenko's office falsely claims it has recieved Viktor Shokin's official resignation letter. Joe Biden has seperate phone calls with president Poroshenko and prime minister Yatsenyuk.
Readout of Vice President Bidenās Calls with Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine
February 24, 2016: Email seeking reconsideration of Burisma's status as a corrupt corporation sent from Blue Star Strategies to the State Department name drops Hunter Biden.
March 2016: Note: Contrary to the fake news media reports for NYT and NPR, Biden never travels to Ukraine in March 2016.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...a-error-bidens-ukraine-showdown-was-december/
March 22, 2016: Biden speaks on phone with Poroshenko.
Readout of Vice President Bidenās Call with President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine | U.S. Embassy in Ukraine.
March 29, 2016: Verkhovna Rada formally dismisses Shokin.
March 31, 2016: Biden meets with Poroshenko in Washington DC at the 4th Nuclear Security Summit.
"President Poroshenko also noted his commitment to installing a new, credible Prosecutor General. The Vice President welcomed the efforts of President Poroshenko to form a stable, reform-oriented government, and stressed that this step, as well as the enactment of needed reforms, are critical to unlocking international economic assistance, including the third $1 billion U.S. loan guarantee. The Vice President also informed President Poroshenko that the United States is moving forward with an additional $335 million in security assistance, which will fund additional advisors, training, and non-lethal assistance."
Readout of Vice President Bidenās Meeting with President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine
April 10, 2016: PM Yatsenyuk resigns.
Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk Resigns
April 14, 2016: Volodymyr Groysman becomes prime minister
.
April 14, 2016: Readout of Vice President Bidenās Call with President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine
May 12, 2016: Biden approved "solid" guy, Yuriy Lutsenko, is scandalously appointed Prosecutor General of Ukraine, ostensibly to fight corruption, despite the fact that Lutsenko had served prison time for embezzlement and abuse of office while he was the Interior Minister and had no legal credentials. No legal experience. Not even a law degree. Apparently his only qualification was that Joe Biden approved of him.
May 13, 2016: Joe Biden calls Poroshenko, welcomes the appointment of his "solid" choice Lutsenko and says that the USA is now ready to sign 1$ billion loan guarantee.
Readout of Vice President Bidenās Call with President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine
May 27, 2016:Readout of Vice President Bidenās Call with President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine
June 3, 2016: U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew signs $1 billion loan guarantee. (3rd tranche)
Statement by Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew on Ukraine Loan Guarantee Agreement
June 15, 2016:Readout of the Vice Presidentās Meeting with Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman of Ukraine
August 12, 2016: Readout of Vice President Bidenās Call With President Poroshenko of Ukraine
August 14, 2016: NYT publishes article about Party of Regions "black ledger" showing $12.7 million in cash payments due to Manafort.
August 19, 2016: Manafort resigns as Trump campaign chairman.
August 19, 2016: Biden call with Poroshenko.
Readout of Vice President Bidenās Call with President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine
August 22, 2016: Yovanovitch arrives in Ukraine. (according to her intelligence committee testimony under oath)
September 20, 2016: Joe Biden meets with Poroshenko at the UN building in New York.
Readout of Vice President Bidenās Meeting with President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine
October 12, 2016: Joe Biden spoke on the phone with president Poroshenko.
Readout of Vice President Bidenās Call with President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine
October 25, 2016: Joe Biden spoke on the phone with Poroshenko.
Readout of Vice President Bidenās Call with President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine
November 1, 2016: Criminal proceedings against Mykola Zlovcheski and Burisma Holdings closed.
November 3, 2016: Joe Biden spoke on the phone with president Poroshenko.
Readout of Vice President Bidenās Call with President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine
November 3, 2016: Joe Biden spoke on the phone with prime minister Groysman of Ukraine.
Readout of Vice President Bidenās Call with Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman of Ukraine
January 16, 2017: Joe Biden meets with Poroshenko in Kiev. (Biden says it's his 6th visit to Ukraine as VP.)
January 17, 2017: Joe Biden meets with prime minister Groysman in Kiev.
January 23, 2018: In a live video stream from a Council on Foreign Relations event, Joe Biden confesses that he threatened President Poroshenko and Prime Minister Yatsenyuk, telling them that he would withhold $1 billion in loan guarantees unless Shokin was fired. (Biden also says he visited Ukraine "12 or 13" times).
January 2018: Mykola Zlovcheski returns to Kiev from Moscow.
January 2019: Yovanovitch opposes visa for Shokin to come to the USA.
April 21, 2019: Zelensky wins presidential election. 1st phone call with Trump.
May 21, 2019: Yovanovitch recalled. Zelensky is inaugurated president and his first official executive action is to dissolve the Verkhovna Rada. PM Groysman resigns.
July 21, 2019: In a snap election, Zelensky's "Servant of the People" party wins a controlling majority in the Verkhovna Rada.
July 25, 2019: Trump speaks on the phone with Zelensky.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Unclassified09.2019.pdf
July 29, 2019: Prosecutor General Lutsenko flees Ukraine to the UK.
August 29, 2019: After a month of absence, PG Lutsenko is formally dismissed by a vote in the Verkhovna Rada.
September 4, 2019: In a sworn deposition, Viktor Shokin testifies that he was fired after refusing to close the Burisma corruption cases.
Shokin Statement
July 21, 2009: Joe Biden meets with President Viktor Yushchenko in Kiev.
Statement by Vice President Biden After Meeting with President Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine
December 22, 2009: Joe Biden speaks on the phone with Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliya Ttmoshenko.
Readout of Vice President Biden's Call with Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko
February 25, 2010: Yanukovytch inaugurated as President of Ukraine.
December 10, 2010: Yuriy Lutsenko arrested by the SBU.
Ex-minister arrested in Ukraine
August 7, 2011: Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliya Ttmoshenko is arrested.
U.S. concerned at Tymoshenko arrest, hundreds protest
April 7, 2013: Yuriy Lutsenko is pardoned by Yanukovych.
In an announcement on his presidential website, Yanukovych said he had signed a decree granting the pardon following appeals by Ukrainian and European Union officials, including former Polish President Alexander Kwasniewski and the former president of the European Parliament, Pat Cox.
Yanukovych Pardons Tymoshenko Ally Lutsenko, Five Others
January 2014: Alexander Kwasniewski appointed to Burisma board of directors.
March 12, 2014: PM Yatsenyuk meets with Obama in the White House.
April 14, 2014: U.S. Treasury Secratary Jacob Lew signs billion dollar loan guarantee package for Ukraine. (1st tranche)
Treasury Secretary Lew Announces Signing Of $1 Billion U.S. Loan Guarantee Agreement For Ukraine
April 18, 2014: Facing criminal investigation, Mykola Zlovcheski appoints Hunter Biden to the board directors of Burisma Holdings to be in charge Burisma Holding's legal unit.
https://assets.documentcloud.org/do...a-Announces-Hunter-Biden-s-Appointment-to.pdf
April 20, 2014: Joe Biden travels to Ukraine.
April 22, 2014: Joe Biden meets with presidential candidates Poroshenko, Tymoshenko and members of parliament. Says US will provide aid for natural gas development.
Biden offers Kiev U.S. help, condemns corruption
April 30, 2014:
May 25, 2014: Poroshenko wins Ukrainian presidential election.
June 19, 2014: Vityaly Yarema is appointed Prosecutor General of Ukraine.
November 20-21, 2014:
November 24, 2014: Biden meets with president Poroshenko in person.
November 27, 2014: Criminal proceedings formally initiated against Burisma president and owner Mykola Zlovcheski.
Jan 20, 2015: $23.5 million of Burisma Holdings' assets unfrozen by British court.
Feb 10, 2015: Viktor Shokin appointed Prosecutor General by Ukraine parliament.
February 20, 2015: Biden speaks on phone with Poroshenko and Yatsenyuk.
Readout of the Vice Presidentās Calls with Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and President Petro Poroshenko
April 20, 2015: Joe Biden speaks on the phone with Poroshenko.
Readout of the Vice Presidentās Call with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko
May 15, 2015: U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew signs another $1 billion loan guarantee. (2nd tranche)
Statement of Secretary Lew on Signing of $1 Billion U.S. Loan Guarantee Agreement for Ukraine
September 24, 2015: Pyatt addresses Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's unicameral parliament).
November 2, 2015: Shokin survives assassination attempt via sniper attack. He is saved by the bullet resistant glass of his office window
December 6, 2015: Joe Biden meets with Ukrainian president Poroshenko.
December 8, 2015: Joe Biden addresses Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's unicameral parliament).
Remarks by Vice President Joe Biden to The Ukrainian Rada
~December 8, 2015: Joe Biden threatens President Poroshenko and Prime Minister Yatsenyuk, telling them that he would withhold $1 billion in loan guarantees unless Shokin was fired.
January 20, 2016: Joe Biden meeting with Poroshenko at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Readout of Vice President Biden's Meeting with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko
February 19, 2016: President Poroshenko's office falsely claims it has recieved Viktor Shokin's official resignation letter. Joe Biden has seperate phone calls with president Poroshenko and prime minister Yatsenyuk.
Readout of Vice President Bidenās Calls with Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine
February 24, 2016: Email seeking reconsideration of Burisma's status as a corrupt corporation sent from Blue Star Strategies to the State Department name drops Hunter Biden.
March 2016: Note: Contrary to the fake news media reports for NYT and NPR, Biden never travels to Ukraine in March 2016.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...a-error-bidens-ukraine-showdown-was-december/
March 22, 2016: Biden speaks on phone with Poroshenko.
Readout of Vice President Bidenās Call with President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine | U.S. Embassy in Ukraine.
March 29, 2016: Verkhovna Rada formally dismisses Shokin.
March 31, 2016: Biden meets with Poroshenko in Washington DC at the 4th Nuclear Security Summit.
"President Poroshenko also noted his commitment to installing a new, credible Prosecutor General. The Vice President welcomed the efforts of President Poroshenko to form a stable, reform-oriented government, and stressed that this step, as well as the enactment of needed reforms, are critical to unlocking international economic assistance, including the third $1 billion U.S. loan guarantee. The Vice President also informed President Poroshenko that the United States is moving forward with an additional $335 million in security assistance, which will fund additional advisors, training, and non-lethal assistance."
Readout of Vice President Bidenās Meeting with President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine
April 10, 2016: PM Yatsenyuk resigns.
Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk Resigns
April 14, 2016: Volodymyr Groysman becomes prime minister
.
April 14, 2016: Readout of Vice President Bidenās Call with President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine
May 12, 2016: Biden approved "solid" guy, Yuriy Lutsenko, is scandalously appointed Prosecutor General of Ukraine, ostensibly to fight corruption, despite the fact that Lutsenko had served prison time for embezzlement and abuse of office while he was the Interior Minister and had no legal credentials. No legal experience. Not even a law degree. Apparently his only qualification was that Joe Biden approved of him.
May 13, 2016: Joe Biden calls Poroshenko, welcomes the appointment of his "solid" choice Lutsenko and says that the USA is now ready to sign 1$ billion loan guarantee.
Readout of Vice President Bidenās Call with President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine
May 27, 2016:Readout of Vice President Bidenās Call with President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine
June 3, 2016: U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew signs $1 billion loan guarantee. (3rd tranche)
Statement by Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew on Ukraine Loan Guarantee Agreement
June 15, 2016:Readout of the Vice Presidentās Meeting with Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman of Ukraine
August 12, 2016: Readout of Vice President Bidenās Call With President Poroshenko of Ukraine
August 14, 2016: NYT publishes article about Party of Regions "black ledger" showing $12.7 million in cash payments due to Manafort.
August 19, 2016: Manafort resigns as Trump campaign chairman.
August 19, 2016: Biden call with Poroshenko.
Readout of Vice President Bidenās Call with President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine
August 22, 2016: Yovanovitch arrives in Ukraine. (according to her intelligence committee testimony under oath)
September 20, 2016: Joe Biden meets with Poroshenko at the UN building in New York.
Readout of Vice President Bidenās Meeting with President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine
October 12, 2016: Joe Biden spoke on the phone with president Poroshenko.
Readout of Vice President Bidenās Call with President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine
October 25, 2016: Joe Biden spoke on the phone with Poroshenko.
Readout of Vice President Bidenās Call with President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine
November 1, 2016: Criminal proceedings against Mykola Zlovcheski and Burisma Holdings closed.
November 3, 2016: Joe Biden spoke on the phone with president Poroshenko.
Readout of Vice President Bidenās Call with President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine
November 3, 2016: Joe Biden spoke on the phone with prime minister Groysman of Ukraine.
Readout of Vice President Bidenās Call with Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman of Ukraine
January 16, 2017: Joe Biden meets with Poroshenko in Kiev. (Biden says it's his 6th visit to Ukraine as VP.)
January 17, 2017: Joe Biden meets with prime minister Groysman in Kiev.
January 23, 2018: In a live video stream from a Council on Foreign Relations event, Joe Biden confesses that he threatened President Poroshenko and Prime Minister Yatsenyuk, telling them that he would withhold $1 billion in loan guarantees unless Shokin was fired. (Biden also says he visited Ukraine "12 or 13" times).
January 2018: Mykola Zlovcheski returns to Kiev from Moscow.
January 2019: Yovanovitch opposes visa for Shokin to come to the USA.
April 21, 2019: Zelensky wins presidential election. 1st phone call with Trump.
May 21, 2019: Yovanovitch recalled. Zelensky is inaugurated president and his first official executive action is to dissolve the Verkhovna Rada. PM Groysman resigns.
July 21, 2019: In a snap election, Zelensky's "Servant of the People" party wins a controlling majority in the Verkhovna Rada.
July 25, 2019: Trump speaks on the phone with Zelensky.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Unclassified09.2019.pdf
July 29, 2019: Prosecutor General Lutsenko flees Ukraine to the UK.
August 29, 2019: After a month of absence, PG Lutsenko is formally dismissed by a vote in the Verkhovna Rada.
September 4, 2019: In a sworn deposition, Viktor Shokin testifies that he was fired after refusing to close the Burisma corruption cases.
Shokin Statement
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