Section: South China Morning Post (China)
Explained: how Ukraine found itself at the heart of the Trump impeachment scandal
Suddenly, Ukraine is ubiquitous.The former Soviet republic, Europe’s second largest country in terms of land area, finds itself thrust into an unwelcome spotlight over US President Donald Trump’s alleged attempts to pressure its new government into digging up dirt on his potential rival in 2020, former vice-president Joe...
Joe Biden to back impeachment if Donald Trump does not comply with Congress over Ukraine scandal
Former US vice-president Joe Biden’s campaign said on Tuesday he would back impeaching President Donald Trump if the White House refuses to comply with congressional demands for information about his interactions with Ukraine’s president.Biden plans to address reporters in Wilmington, Delaware, at 2.30pm on Tuesday.The remarks will be...
Explained: what is the Trump-Biden-Ukraine scandal about?
Recently, a whistle-blower from the US intelligence community voiced urgent concern about a matter involving the president.The White House is refusing to release the whistle-blower’s complaint to Congress but it has been reported that it is about a conversation between Donald Trump and the president of Ukraine.In public, Trump is calling...
Trump suggests he raised former vice-president Biden with Ukraine’s president
President Donald Trump suggested Sunday that he raised former vice-president Joe Biden and Biden’s son in a summer phone call with Ukraine’s new leader, as Democrats pressed for investigations into whether Trump improperly used his office to try to dig up damaging information about a political rival.Trump told reporters that the July...
US democratic front runner Joe Biden urges investigation into ‘overwhelming abuse of power’ stemming from Donald Trump’s Ukraine call
Former US vice-president Joe Biden, a front runner for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, on Saturday called for an investigation into reports that President Donald Trump pressed his Ukrainian counterpart to investigate Biden and his son.“This appears to be an overwhelming abuse of power. To get on the phone with a foreign leader who is...
Donald Trump ‘pressed Ukrainian leader to investigate Joe Biden’s son’ in call at centre of whistle-blower complaint
US President Donald Trump pressed the leader of Ukraine to investigate the son of former vice-president Joe Biden in a call between the two leaders that is at the centre of an extraordinary whistle-blower complaint, according to two people familiar with the matter.Trump used the July 25 conversation with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky to...
Russia sanctions should remain until peace restored, Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday warned the West against lifting sanctions on Russia as France pushes for rapprochement with Moscow.But speaking on the sidelines of an annual forum in the capital Kiev, the 41-year-old leader said that he had a “feeling” that Russian President Vladimir Putin was ready to improve ties with...
Russia and Ukraine swap prisoners, in first sign of thawing relations
Russia and Ukraine carried out a long-awaited prisoner swap on Saturday, in a step that could thaw a deep freeze in relations since Moscow’s annexation of the Crimea region in 2014.While the unfolding exchange could help rebuild confidence between Moscow and Kiev and allow them to start negotiating seriously on other issues, any road to a...
Ukrainian prisoner ‘person of interest’ in Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash investigation
Dutch prosecutors investigating the downing five years ago of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine want to speak to a man being held by Ukrainian authorities, calling him a “person of interest” in their probe, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday.The fate of Volodymyr Tsemakh could be a factor in a stalled prisoner swap between Russia and...
Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron optimistic on Ukraine but clash over Syria
French President Emmanuel Macron and Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Monday agreed that changes in Ukraine had bolstered the chances of peace in its east but clashed on Syria, as the Russian leader made a rare bilateral visit to a key EU power.Macron, who hosted Putin at his summer residence in southern France, made clear he wanted to keep...
