Good morning!
The main news stories overnight:
-- President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on October 28 signed a law abolishing a two-decade-old list of state enterprises that were barred from privatization. The list contained over 1,000 state-run businesses.
-- A military official at the National Security Council (NSC) is prepared to say he twice raised concerns over the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump in prodding Ukraine to investigate the president’s political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden.
Latest from our news desk:
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystayko said a planned troop withdrawal has started in the town of Zolote in the eastern Luhansk region, where Ukrainian armed forces have been fighting Russia-backed separatists for more than five years.
Vindman's opening statement:
Here is today's map of the latest situation in the Donbas conflict zone according to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry. (CLICK TO ENLARGE.)