US Republican National Convention, during which future US AG Jeff Sessions, & two senior national security advisors to the Trump campaign, J.D. Gordon & Carter Page, separately meet w/ Russian Amb. Sergey Kislyak [1]; J.D. Gordon, debatedly at the behest of Trump, pushes for one single change to the RNC platform: to change a promise of "lethal defensive weapons" to Ukraine to a promise of mere "appropriate assistance" [2] (jul 18, 2016 – 23h 59min, jul 21, 2016 y)

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[1] https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/03/02/exclusive-two-other-trump-advisers-also-spoke-russian-envoy-during-gop-convention/98648190/

OUTLET{USA Today}
TITLE{Exclusive: Two other Trump advisers also spoke with Russian envoy during GOP convention}
ARCHIVED{https://archive.ph/5Uycj}
DATE{03/02/2017 17:00:00 ET}
AUTHOR{Steve Reilly}

[2] https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/04/ukraine-gop-platform-gordon.html

OUTLET{Slate}
TITLE{What Was Up With That Putin-Friendly Platform Change the Trump Team Wanted at the 2016 Convention?}
ARCHIVED{https://archive.ph/zHwyo}
DATE{04/18/2019 15:12:00}
AUTHOR{Joshua Keating}

https://www.npr.org/2017/12/04/568310790/2016-rnc-delegate-trump-directed-change-to-party-platform-on-ukraine-support

OUTLET{NPR}
TITLE{2016 RNC Delegate: Trump Directed Change To Party Platform On Ukraine Support}
ARCHIVED{https://archive.ph/PsNhv}
DATE{12/04/2017 14:31:00 ET}
AUTHOR{Carrie Johnson}

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