The Latest: Divided reaction on Mueller's work in divided US

The Latest on reaction across America to the first glimpse into the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation (all times local):

7:20 p.m.

Michael Tucker of Bancroft, West Virginia, is not a fan of President Donald Trump. But the 44-year-old truck driver says he does not believe the president was treated fairly in the Russia investigation.

President Donald Trump speaks with the media after stepping off Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Sunday, March 24, 2019, in Washington. The Justice Department said Sunday that special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation did not find evidence that President Donald Trump's campaign "conspired or coordinated" with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election. (AP PhotoAlex Brandon)

He also doesn't think Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report will bring an end to questions about the president and Russia.

While shopping at a farm supply store Sunday in Cross Lanes, West Virginia, Tucker called the Russia investigation "a joke, for the most part."

Tucker says if Trump colluded with Russia, "they would have come up with something by now. It's one witch hunt after another, basically. If they could have found anything, they would have."

Tucker says he's confident that Mueller did "what he was hired to do" and has mixed feelings about whether Democrats should have pressed for an investigation into Trump's Russia ties.

Tucker said he considers himself an independent voter but would vote for Trump again compared to anyone currently in the Democratic field.

In Oklahoma City, Fernando Sevilla, a Republican who voted for Trump, said Trump is "doing a great job" and that he believes the Mueller investigation was "witch hunts."

Sevilla said, "I don't think he went with Russia at all. He added, "He's a businessman, he was never a politician. Politicians to me they're just a bunch of crooks. They promise you one thing and they do another."

While Democrats were right to seek the investigation, he said Trump has not been treated fairly.

The 66-year-old Sevilla said the investigation did not answer questions he has about Trump's Democratic opponent in the 2016 election, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and the whereabouts of thousands of deleted emails.

In Detroit, 36-year-old William Braasch has been following the Mueller probe from its start and — while disappointed in what Barr released Sunday afternoon— he's not surprised.

Braasch, a registered nurse, said, "I honestly doubted that much would come out, given that Barr was appointed by Trump. I'm not any more let down than I would have been before with this administration and the investigations."

Braasch added that he is "looking forward" to Congressional investigations of Trump and investigations in New York state into Trump's foundation.

Sue Arani, an accountant, was walking her dog and checking news on her phone Sunday in downtown Los Angeles. The 57-year-old Arani is originally from Iran but has been a US citizen since 1981. She describes herself as "Republican leaning," but said she voted for Hillary in 2016.

Arani said the full report should "absolutely" be made public immediately, "in the name of full transparency."

She said the public must see the report, "especially before the next election." She also said the White House shouldn't be allowed to spin the results: "Trump is famous for lying too much."

Arani trusts Mueller: "I'm sure, based on his excellent reputation, that he did a complete job in his investigation. But he is in between a rock and a hard place, politically."

Arani personally believes that there was likely collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. "But it's possible that a lot of stuff wasn't disclosed from the lower levels to the top (within the campaign). They might have kept Trump in the dark on purpose, so he could stay beneath it all. Maybe that was his idea too."

Nora Kubiaczyk (pronounced koo-bee-AH-che) lives in Minneapolis, works in advertising, leans Democratic and considers herself "pretty liberal." She voted for Clinton in 2016. In an interview Sunday in downtown Minneapolis she said, "I'm not shocked. It seems like with each of these investigations, there's always going to seem like something like it's a coup, or there's somebody that seems like a smoking gun, and then it will be like yesterday's news in no moment and Trump will keep walking on."

She said it seemed there moments where Mueller was going after Trump and others where there were "a couple fumbles."

7:10 p.m.

Many Republicans are cheering and Democrats are scoffing as first word on the details of special counsel Robert Muller's investigation emerge.

For supporters of President Donald Trump, the four-page summary of the investigative findings released by Attorney General William Barr felt like an exoneration of the man they back.

For Trump's opponents, some of whom had visions of the Mueller's work ending with the president being led away in handcuffs, it is a disappointment.

What seemed certain in the wake of Sunday's release was that it marked no end to the political divide, to the fierce criticism of Trump or to calls for more of Mueller's report to be released.

Associated Press writers Corey Williams in Detroit, Jeff Baenen in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Tim Talley in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Christopher Weber in Los Angeles and John Raby in West Virginia, contributed to this story.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian court on Friday ordered the detention of the country’s farm minister in the latest high-profile corruption investigation, while Kyiv security officials assessed how they can recover lost battlefield momentum in the war against Russia.

Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court ruled that Agriculture Minister Oleksandr Solskyi should be held in custody for 60 days, but he was released after paying bail of 75 million hryvnias ($1.77 million), a statement said.

Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau suspects Solskyi headed an organized crime group that between 2017 and 2021 unlawfully obtained land worth 291 million hryvnias ($6.85 million) and attempted to obtain other land worth 190 million hryvnias ($4.47 million).

Ukraine is trying to root out corruption that has long dogged the country. A dragnet over the past two years has seen Ukraine’s defense minister, top prosecutor, intelligence chief and other senior officials lose their jobs.

That has caused embarrassment and unease as Ukraine receives tens of billions of dollars in foreign aid to help fight Russia’s army, and the European Union and NATO have demanded widespread anti-graft measures before Kyiv can realize its ambition of joining the blocs.

In Ukraine's capital, doctors and ambulance crews evacuated patients from a children’s hospital on Friday after a video circulated online saying Russia planned to attack it.

Parents hefting bags of clothes, toys and food carried toddlers and led young children from the Kyiv City Children’s Hospital No. 1 on the outskirts of the city. Medics helped them into a fleet of waiting ambulances to be transported to other facilities.

In the video, a security official from Russian ally Belarus alleged that military personnel were based in the hospital. Kyiv city authorities said that the claim was “a lie and provocation.”

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that civic authorities were awaiting an assessment from security services before deciding when it was safe to reopen the hospital.

“We cannot risk the lives of our children,” he said.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was due to hold online talks Friday with the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, which has been the key international organization coordinating the delivery of weapons and other aid to Ukraine.

Zelenskyy said late Thursday that the meeting would discuss how to turn around Ukraine’s fortunes on the battlefield. The Kremlin’s forces have gained an edge over Kyiv’s army in recent months as Ukraine grappled with a shortage of ammunition and troops.

Russia, despite sustaining high losses, has been taking control of small settlements as part of its effort to drive deeper into eastern Ukraine after capturing the city of Avdiivka in February, the U.K. defense ministry said Friday.

It’s been slow going for the Kremlin’s troops in eastern Ukraine and is likely to stay that way, according to the Institute for the Study of War. However, the key hilltop town of Chasiv Yar is vulnerable to the Russian onslaught, which is using glide bombs — powerful Soviet-era weapons that were originally unguided but have been retrofitted with a navigational targeting system — that obliterate targets.

“Russian forces do pose a credible threat of seizing Chasiv Yar, although they may not be able to do so rapidly,” the Washington-based think tank said late Thursday.

It added that Russian commanders are likely seeking to advance as much as possible before the arrival in the coming weeks and months of new U.S. military aid, which was held up for six months by political differences in Congress.

While that U.S. help wasn’t forthcoming, Ukraine’s European partners didn’t pick up the slack, according to German’s Kiel Institute for the World Economy, which tracks Ukraine support.

“The European aid in recent months is nowhere near enough to fill the gap left by the lack of U.S. assistance, particularly in the area of ammunition and artillery shells,” it said in a report Thursday.

Ukraine is making a broad effort to take back the initiative in the war after more than two years of fighting. It plans to manufacture more of its own weapons in the future, and is clamping down on young people avoiding conscription, though it will take time to process and train any new recruits.

Jill Lawless contributed to this report.

Follow AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine

Ukrainian young acting student Gleb Batonskiy plays piano in a public park in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)