The development came amid an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump connected to a request he made to the Ukrainian president asking him to investigate Biden, a Democratic presidential candidate, and his son’s work in Ukraine. “No foreign or domestic politicians, officials or people who are not officials called me and tried to influence my decisions on specific criminal proceedings,” he said. Ryaboshapka’s comments Friday were the first indication of how Ukrainian criminal justice officials were handling one of the two investigations that Trump raised in the call. On Thursday, the State Department gave initial approval to the $39.2 million sale of 150 Javelin missiles and related equipment to Ukraine. Ukraine has been fighting Russia for five years in eastern Ukraine since Moscow’s seizure of Crimea.

Source: bd News24 October 04, 2019 16:41 UTC