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Impeachment testimony day #4: Scondland, Cooper and Hale

Read our coverage from the fourth day of hearings in the U.S. impeachment inquiry, which included banner testimony from U.S. ambassador to the European Union and Trump loyalist Gordon Scondland.

Vindman accused of dual loyalty in impeachment hearings

Despite accusations of disloyalty from the American president, the Ukrainian-American war veteran delivered emotional testimony on Tuesday about Ukraine’s fight against Russian aggression and the country’s strategic importance to the U.S.

Fashion awards honor Ukrainian designers

This year’s Best Fashion Awards brought together the field’s top designers to celebrate Ukraine’s fashion industry, which in recent years has seen a boom in innovation and recognition.

The Holodomor museum and the fight for recognition

Leadership of the Holodomor Museum are raising funds to expand the institution as part of the campaign for universal acknowledgement of the genocide and to establish a counternarrative to Russian disinformation.

Noteworthy:

Washington Post: What’s on menu at Kyiv restaurant where Scondland phoned Trump

Interfax-Ukraine: Finance Minister: Ukraine to finish cooperation with IMF in 2023

UkrInform: Russian-led forces violate ceasefire in Donbas 11 times

RFE/RL: Ukrainian Naftogaz executive cooperating in US probe of Giuliani

VoxUkraine: Economic impact of lifting the farmland sales moratorium in Ukraine

Reuters: Ukraine says Russia returned ships in bad condition