Trump envoy to Ukraine Volker resigns: sources

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Trump envoy to Ukraine Volker resigns: sources
September 28, 2019, 8:54 am

Trump envoy to Ukraine Volker resigns: sources

US Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations Volker gestures during Reuters interview in Kiev. (File photo Reuters)

US President Donald Trump’s special representative for Ukraine, Kurt Volker, resigned on Friday, sources familiar with the situation said.

A whistleblower complaint from within the intelligence community, released publicly on Thursday, described Volker as trying to “contain the damage” from efforts by Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani to press Ukraine to investigate Democrats.

Volker, who had served in the position on a part-time, unpaid basis since 2017, had sought to help Ukraine’s government resolve its confrontation with Russia-sponsored separatists.

The State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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