In March 2014 (under Obama's Administration) the Ukrainian gold reserves, about 40 TONS of gold, were confirmed to be moved on an aircraft from the Bristol Airport at Kiev to the United States. According to the World Gold Council, Ukraine may have only had 36 tons of gold reserves... so 36 to 40 TONS were moved into the U.S. in 40 sealed boxes. That's all they acknowledged shipping to the U.S.. At a value of $56 Million per ton of gold, that's only about $2.24 Billion.
The transferring of gold was ordered by the acting Prime Minister of the country, Mr. Arseny Yatsenyuk. Assistant S.O.S. Victoria Nuland had something to do with getting him appointed to that office.
The gold transfer was possibly because of Ukraine Government’s legitimate fear in safe-keeping their gold reserves in US Federal Reserve if a Russian invasion took place, so the gold bullion would be "kept safe" here.
In July 2022, the Ukrainian central bank acknowledged that $12 billion of its gold reserves recently was sold "under pressure of the war with Russia that began this year". That amount of gold sold by Ukraine is roughly 5 X the amount of gold they reportedly have stored in the U.S. (that we know of).
Since Russia / Ukraine war began in February 2022, the U.S. and NATO have racked up tens of $Billions in congressionally approved military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine. European governments also appropriated money. So why would Ukraine need to sell its gold reserves unless doing so was a condition of all that U.S. and European assistance, especially since the United States already had taken custody of the Ukrainian gold?
Question is... does Ukraine have ANY gold reserves left anywhere in the world? It sounds like all of Ukraine's gold reserves were pretty much sold off to pay for the used weaponry and old artillery they are being provided.
Is this a legitimate line of questioning? Or is this simply one of those things that happen... fog of war sort of things?
News.Metal.com March 2014
Goldseek.com Article July 2022
GATA article March 2014 which also includes news links in it
Just going to ask for the sauce myself ;) it is very interesting.