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Russia says it will return captured naval ships to Ukraine

Russia seized the ships off the coast of Crimea in November last year after opening fire on them and wounding several sailors.

USA

'Intimidation': Fury as Trump attacks impeachment witness in real-time

President Donald Trump's Twitter attack on an impeachment witness during her testimony on Friday drew a furious response from Democrats.

USA

Euroviews. GOP's constitutional objection to impeachment is objectively false — and alarming ǀ View

Some Republican lawmakers and pundits claim the president should be allowed to confront the intelligence community whistleblower whose complaint set off the current firestorm over Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. This argument is utterly preposterous.

USA

Euroviews. The impeachment hearing eviscerates Trump and shows how he broke the rules of diplomacy ǀ View

In contrast to their day jobs promoting American interests, often through discrete conversations, Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, and Kent, the deputy assistant secretary of state for Europe, were asked to publicly testify against an administration and a president they continue to serve.

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USA

Trump 'cared more about his own political interests than Ukraine'

A witness testified at Wednesday's first public impeachment hearing that President Donald Trump seemed to care more about his own political interests than about Ukraine's welfare as the US leader assessed ties with that country.

USA

Euroviews. Trump staffers have a choice: Loyalty and maybe prison, or betrayal and derision ǀ View

The emerging strategy of House Republicans to argue that WH advisers went rogue — without the authorization of Donald Trump — to press Ukraine to provide dirt on a political opponent puts Mick Mulvaney, John Eisenberg, Rudy Giuliani and others in a precarious and even life-changing dilemma.

Ukraine

Ukraine's army and Russian-backed separatists pull back from village in eastern region

They two sides, who've been fighting since 2014, began withdrawing from the village of Petrivske in the disputed Donbass region on Saturday.

Ukraine

Ukraine and Russian-backed rebels begin troop withdrawal in east

The pullout could pave the way for a high-stake summit between Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany.

USA

Euroviews. Why White House lawyers might not be covering for Trump after all ǀ View

As events surrounding the impeachment inquiry unfold quickly — and occasionally too quickly to digest fully — there is a tendency to assume things we do not yet know and to color things we think we know.

USA

Ousted Ukraine ambassador: I was told to tweet praise of Trump

The three House committees leading the Trump impeachment inquiry released Monday two transcripts of the behind-closed-doors interviews they have so far conducted.

USA

Euroviews. The Pittsburgh synagogue shooting's anniversary shows what's needed to defeat white terrorism ǀ View

The Pittsburgh terrorist’s statements make it clear he was driven by white genocide theory: The notion that white-majority nations in Europe, America and Australasia are being turned into white-minority states via immigration.

World

Ukraine troop withdrawal sparks hopes for revived peace process

The Ukrainian Army announced a pullback from the town of Zolote, in the region of Luhansk, had begun on Tuesday night, whilst Russian-backed separatists said they were also complying.

USA

Security official to testify he alerted lawyers to Trump-Ukraine call

Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman will reportedly say that "I did not think it was proper to demand that a foreign government investigate a U.S. citizen."

USA

Hunter Biden's legal work in Romania raises new questions about his overseas dealings

Hunter Biden provided legal advice to a Romanian charged with real estate fraud, at a time when his father was pushing corruption reforms in the country.

USA

6 highlights from Ukraine envoy Bill Taylor's 'explosive' testimony

Taylor's testimony raised serious concerns about Trump's denials of a quid pro quo.

USA

Euroviews. Mitt Romney's Trump criticism and House's Syria rebuke show growing cracks in the GOP ǀ View

It’s long been an open secret in Washington that many of the career Republicans who fawn over President Donald Trump in public have nothing good to say about him in private.

USA

Ukraine's Lutsenko led plot to oust Yovanovitch, says official

Lutsenko is the Ukrainian official who prosecutors say urged 2 Giuliani associates to push for the ouster of Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador.

World News

Euroviews. Stemming the flow of illegal tobacco from Ukraine and Belarus should be a priority for the EU ǀ View

The inflow of illicit tobacco from the EU’s eastern border continues to flourish. The EU should make the most of the current situation and encourage both Ukraine and Belarus to further commit to tackling a problem.

Ukraine

Ukrainian president holds record-breaking 14-hour press conference

Zelensky started the "marathon" press conference from 10:00 am local time and took the last questions shortly after midnight.

Europe News

In Ukraine, 'Europe' means life without corruption, Andrei Kurkov

Through his books, the writer Andrei Kurkov has discovered the many faces of Ukraine, a country that remains in the eye of the hurricane.

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