Dec 29 Ukraine, eastern rebels swap prisoners in move to end war By Evgeniy Maloletka, Associated Press Ukraine turned over 124 people and the separatists freed 76, according to figures from officials of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s republics, the two separatist governments in the rebel area. Continue reading
Dec 25 Ukraine opens probe over Russia's railway bridge to Crimea By Associated Press Ukrainian officials opened a criminal probe Wednesday after a passenger train from Russia arrived in Crimea via a new Russian-built bridge, arguing that the train illegally carried people across the Ukrainian border. Continue reading
Dec 23 Giuliani associates leveraged GOP access to get Ukraine gas deal By Desmond Butler, Michael Biesecker, Associated Press The gas deal sought by Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman never came to pass. Continue reading
Dec 22 Watch 4:04 Emails offer new details on Ukraine military aid funding A request to freeze military aid to Ukraine was made less than two hours after President Trump’s July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a White House email released this weekend shows. Meanwhile, days after his impeachment, Trump focuses… Continue watching
Dec 17 Giuliani associate Lev Parnas got $1 million from indicted Ukrainian By Associated Press Prosecutors asked a judge to revoke Parnas' bail because he failed to disclose the payment from Dmytro Firtash to the court during an investigation of his assets. The judge denied the request to revoke his bail. Continue reading
Dec 16 Read the House Judiciary Committee's full impeachment report By Lisa Mascaro, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press The House Judiciary panel released a 650-page report detailing its case against the nation's 45th president. Continue reading
Dec 13 WATCH: Trump calls impeachment vote 'embarrassment' to nation By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press President Donald Trump declared Friday's House committee vote to impeach him "an embarrassment to our country" and refused to back away from the charge that first ensnared him in the scandal. Almost simultaneous to the vote, Rudy Giuliani, the president's… Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch 10:59 House Judiciary Committee hosts combative hearing with counsels ahead of impeachment In a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Democrats summed up their case for impeachment of President Trump, saying his handling of Ukraine policy represented a “clear and present danger” to American elections. Republicans pushed back on the integrity of the investigation,… Continue watching
Dec 09 Putin and Zelensky agree to revive peace talks at 1st meeting By Vladimir Isachenkov, Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press President Vladimir Putin of Russia met with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine for the first time Monday at a summit in Paris to try to end five years of war between Ukrainian troops and Moscow-backed separatists. Continue reading
Dec 08 Watch 9:30 Ukraine, Russia prepare for peace talks after years of war By Simon Ostrovsky After nearly six years of war, the Ukrainian and Russian presidents are preparing to meet this week for the first time. The historic peace talks come as impeachment hearings continue in the U.S. Simon Ostrovsky reports from the frontlines of… Continue watching