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Schmidt (l) with Ashton and Ukrainian opposition MPs in Kiev on Wednesday (Photo: eeas.europa.eu)

Ukraine leak designed to 'split' EU-US diplomacy

The publication of what seem to be two sensitive US and EU diplomatic conversations on Ukraine is designed to spoil relations between the allies, EU diplomatic sources say.

The audio clips were uploaded on YouTube by a user called “Re Post” on Tuesday (4 February) and already have several thousand clicks each.

In the alleged US clip, which appears to date to Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych’s offer of top jobs to opposi...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

Schmidt (l) with Ashton and Ukrainian opposition MPs in Kiev on Wednesday (Photo: eeas.europa.eu)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

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