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U.S. Senate votes Trump's second impeachment trial as constitutional

The process will continue on Wednesday, February 10.

02:30, 10.02.2021

Pro-Russian Opposition Platform seeks Zelensky's impeachment over TV sanctions

The political force says it will hold an "emergency congress" soon.

13:10, 03.02.2021

Zelensky calls U.S. riots "strong blow" to democracy – media

According to Zelensky, he has never imagined this could happen in America.

11:30, 01.02.2021

U.S. Senate refuses to declare Trump's impeachment unconstitutional – media

The Democratic-led Senate blocked the motion in a 55-45 vote.

04:25, 27.01.2021

House impeaches Trump for "incitement of insurrection"

Trump has become the first U.S. president to be impeached twice.

00:00, 14.01.2021

"Incitement of insurrection": House initiating Trump impeachment

The vote is set to be held as early as this week.

21:00, 11.01.2021

Bloomberg: Trump plans defiant final week as many Democrats urge his ouster

Trump is confident Vice President Mike Pence and members of his cabinet won't attempt to remove him under the 25th Amendment.

11:05, 11.01.2021

Trump fires intelligence official involved in his impeachment probe – media

A U.S. official said Thomas Monheim, a career intelligence professional, would serve as acting inspector general for the time being.

12:40, 04.04.2020

Bloomberg: Ukraine seeks to move on with U.S. now that impeachment is over

The Ukrainian government doesn't believe its relationship with the U.S. needs to be "reset," Prystaiko said.

13:40, 20.02.2020

"I wanted to be popular in U.S.": Zelensky jokes about Trump phone call

But that's "not the kind of popularity I'd been seeking," he added.

23:50, 15.02.2020

CNN: Trump contradicts past denials, admits sending Giuliani to Ukraine

Trump explained that he has "a very bad taste" of the U.S. intelligence community, because of the Russia investigation, so he turned to Giuliani.

13:07, 14.02.2020

NYT: Trump fires impeachment witnesses Gordon Sondland, Alexander Vindman in post-acquittal purge

Emboldened by his victory and determined to strike back, the president removed Mr. Sondland as ambassador to the European Union after the White House earlier on Friday dismissed Colonel Vindman.

18:40, 08.02.2020

"Hell and witch hunt": Trump speaks of impeachment after Senate acquittal

The Senate acquitted President Trump on both articles of impeachment.

01:55, 07.02.2020

U.S Senate acquits Trump of impeachment charges – media

The Senate's 53-47 vote on the second article of impeachment brought the proceedings to an end.

23:50, 05.02.2020

U.S. Justice Department acknowledges 24 emails reveal Trump's thinking on Ukraine – WP

Heavily blacked-out versions of the emails in question were released in two batches in December in response to a lawsuit filed by the Center for Public Integrity after the administration ignored a Freedom of Information Act request for the materials.

14:00, 02.02.2020

Marie Yovanovitch retires from State Department – CNN

Yovanovitch is the fourth top State Department official who has departed in the wake of the Ukraine impeachment inquiry.

14:54, 01.02.2020

Ukraine interference conspiracy was "brought to you by the Kremlin", Schiff tells Senate

FBI Director Christopher Wray has also said the bureau has no evidence indicating Ukraine interfered in the 2016 presidential election.

23:10, 24.01.2020

Trump lawyers: President did "absolutely nothing wrong" on Ukraine – VOA

Democratic lawmakers had earlier said it was clear that the "evidence overwhelmingly establishes" that Trump is guilty of both charges in the two articles of impeachment.

09:20, 22.01.2020

Trump's team seeing Ukraine as easy mark "bad miscalculation" – media

The team's pitch presumed that familiarity with corruption had left Ukraine unsophisticated with it.

15:40, 21.01.2020

"Please don't drag us into this": Prystaiko to U.S. over Trump impeachment proceedings

The top diplomat says Ukraine has no relation to the internal political processes ongoing in the USA.

14:40, 20.01.2020

Zelensky says seeks to have "strong relationship" with U.S.

The Ukrainian leader says has been acting to avoid any involvement or engagement of Ukraine, or any Ukrainian, in the political situation in the United States.

10:20, 20.01.2020

"I don't trust any word he is now saying": FM Prystaiko on Giuliani associate's statements on Ukraine

What Ukraine is trying to tell the Americans, Prystaiko said, is that the government is "so happy" to have bipartisan support and that they would be glad if it was preserved.

23:40, 16.01.2020

Parnas says Trump 'knew exactly what was going on' with Ukraine pressure campaign – media

Parnas asserted he was the one "on the ground" doing Trump and Giuliani's work, "and that's the secret that they're trying to keep."

10:18, 16.01.2020

CNN: House sends two articles of impeachment to Senate

The Senate is expected to formally receive the articles on Thursday morning before swearing in both Chief Justice John Roberts and U.S. senators who will serve as the jury for Trump's trial.

09:29, 16.01.2020

POLITICO: House Dems release new impeachment evidence related to indicted Giuliani associate

The material released on Tuesday contains several handwritten notes, emails, encrypted messages.

09:00, 15.01.2020

CNN: U.S. Energy Department agrees to release Ukraine-related documents

The court filing says the first set of documents will focus on communications of then-Secretary Rick Perry as well as chief of staff Brian McCormack among other items.

15:32, 14.01.2020

Trump again mentions 'Ukrainian interference' in U.S. elections

The U.S. president reiterated no pressure had been put on his Ukrainian counterpart.

12:13, 13.01.2020

Joe Biden to testify in impeachment trial, making U-turn

The move came after Biden faced questions and criticism about whether his initial stand would run counter to the rule of law.

19:00, 30.12.2019

Trump tried to cut billions in foreign aid to fight corruption in Ukraine, other countries – media

The attempts to cut the funding are at odds with the arguments the administration and the President have given for why Trump withheld hundreds of millions in military aid to Ukraine.

17:58, 26.12.2019

U.S. Democrats push for witnesses at Trump impeachment trial after release of emails

The email, obtained by the Center for Public Integrity through a court order in a Freedom of Information Act case, showed senior White House budget official Michael Duffey directing the Pentagon to withhold the aid just 91 minutes after Trump concluded a July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

20:15, 23.12.2019

Reuters: Divided U.S. House impeaches Donald Trump in historic vote

Trump has denied wrongdoing and called the impeachment inquiry launched by Pelosi in September a "witch hunt."

09:00, 19.12.2019

NYT: William Taylor, top diplomat in Ukraine and key impeachment witness, is stepping down

Under the Vacancies Act, political appointees in an acting position can hold office only for about 200 days.

10:19, 18.12.2019

Reuters: House panel approves charges, Trump at brink of impeachment

The chances of him being removed from office are close to zero.

19:57, 13.12.2019

House Democrats unveil formal impeachment charges against Trump – media

The full House is expected to vote on the charges, or articles of impeachment, next week.

18:29, 10.12.2019

Trump: Giuliani to deliver report on Ukraine trip to Congress, Barr – media (Video)

During his trip, Giuliani met with multiple Ukrainian officials.

18:40, 08.12.2019

White House tells Democrats it will not participate in Trump impeachment hearing – media

In a letter to Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, White House counsel Pat Cipollone called the Democrats' impeachment inquiry "completely baseless."

19:02, 07.12.2019

Giuliani arrives in Ukraine – media

Trump's personal lawyer has been in Budapest and Kyiv this week to talk with former Ukrainian prosecutors for a documentary series intended to debunk the Trump impeachment case.

22:30, 04.12.2019

Top U.S. diplomat: no evidence Ukraine meddled in 2016 U.S. election – Reuters

Trump and some of his fellow Republican supporters have promoted a theory that Ukraine, not Russia, sought to interfere in the 2016 U.S. vote.

09:00, 04.12.2019

White House will not participate in Judiciary Committee hearing – CNN

The Judiciary Committee's first hearing on "Constitutional Grounds for Presidential Impeachment" is expected to kick off a frantic month of activity in the House.

10:18, 02.12.2019

Reuters: U.S. House Judiciary panel invites Trump to Dec 4 impeachment hearing

The committee's rules allow the president to attend the hearing, and for his counsel to question the witnesses.

00:20, 27.11.2019

Zelensky says Ukraine not meddling in U.S. internal affairs, notes no aid blocking

Zelensky noted that he does not like to comment on his phone call with Donald Trump, over which the impeachment inquiry started in the U.S.

15:20, 26.11.2019

U.S. State Department releases 100 pages of records on dealings with Ukraine

Also in the documents there is an April 5 letter to the State Department from six former U.S. ambassadors to Ukraine.

10:55, 24.11.2019

Trump says had Giuliani work on Ukraine because he is "great crime fighter" – Reuters

Trump called Ukraine corrupt and said Giuliani was the right person for the job.

20:30, 22.11.2019

Ukraine wants to probe Burisma. But it's "too sensitive" – media

Given how radioactive the Burisma case has become in Washington, the government is not eager to pursue it in the midst of the U.S. presidential race.

18:30, 21.11.2019

WP: Ukraine is an afterthought in Washington's impeachment drama

This scandal isn't really about Ukraine, it's a battle about American politics and American corruption.

15:18, 21.11.2019

Trump ordered Ukraine "quid pro quo" through Giuliani, Sondland testifies – CNBC

"Mr. Giuliani's requests were a quid pro quo for arranging a White House visit" for Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, Sondland says.

19:30, 20.11.2019

LA Times: $35 mln in Pentagon aid hasn't reached Ukraine, despite White House assurances

The continued holdup of a portion of the assistance could undermine a key Republican argument throughout the impeachment inquiry.

13:42, 20.11.2019

U.S. NSC official says dismissed offers to lead Ukraine's defense ministry (Video)

The former secretary of the NSDC of Ukraine said the offer was simply a joke as he had no authority to bring up such topic in the first place.

23:30, 19.11.2019

Trump says Zelensky did not even know about delay in military aid to Ukraine

According to Trump, the Ukrainian president and foreign minister both said that there was no pressure placed on them whatsoever.

10:23, 18.11.2019

Ex-U.S. envoy Yovanovitch says "corrupt Ukrainians" orchestrated her removal

Marie Yovanovitch says the situation where foreign states manipulate the U.S. government profits authoritarian rulers only.

22:30, 15.11.2019