Weekend News
Donald Trump cares more about investigating political rival Joe Biden than the future of Ukraine, according to testimony by U.S. diplomatic staff. U.S. ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland reportedly told Trump that Zelensky would do “anything” that the American president asked.
Former ambassador Marie Yovanovitch testified that she faced a smear campaign from the Trump administration, which disrupted her work. Though Trump attacked her on Twitter during the testimony, the diplomat received applause from audience members at the impeachment hearing.
DTEK launched a new 100-megawatt wind farm in Zaporizhia Oblast. The 131 million euro project puts the company in close reach of having 1 gigawatt in renewable assets.
Ukreximbank chairman Oleksandr Hrytsenko was arrested by the Security Service of Ukraine and charged with creating criminal conspiracy, embezzlement and money laundering.
Two men were killed in a grenade explosion at a Kyiv dormitory.
The Ukraine WOW multimedia art exhibition opened at Kyiv Railway Station and will run until Dec. 29.
