We are now closing the live blog for today, but we'll be back again tomorrow morning to follow all the latest developments. Until then, you can keep up with all our ongoing Ukraine coverage here.
Good morning.
From our news desk overnight:
-- U.S. Congressional Democrats said testimony given by a current White House official in a presidential impeachment inquiry “corroborated the central facts of the story we’ve heard.” Republican lawmakers, President Donald Trump, and his backers have downplayed the witness’s remarks.
-- At the first Ukrainian government-sponsored investment forum since President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s election, hundreds of millions of dollars in investments and loans were promised on October 29 in Mariupol, a port city less than 30 kilometers west of the front lines of a conflict with Russian-backed separatists.
Also from overnight with a Ukraine connection:
A federal judge in Florida has ruled in a civil lawsuit to compel an associate of U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, to be questioned under oath regarding contributions to Republican politicians and causes that were allegedly fraudulent.
From our news desk:
A specialist at Ukraine’s central bank was arrested on October 29 for allegedly soliciting $50,000 from a businessman while promising to secure a license to operate a currency exchange.