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History: October 2019
15 articles
Retrospective · events of 1 October 2019
What Ukraine agreed on 1 October 2019
Politics
A look back at the day Kyiv accepted the Steinmeier formula for Donbas, as a separate US legal development unfolded over Ukraine.
Retrospective · events of 2 October 2019
Donbas settlement step and impeachment inquiry both touched Kyiv
Politics
A look back at a day when Kyiv's Donbas diplomacy and the Washington impeachment inquiry unfolded side by side.
Retrospective · events of 3 October 2019
What did Ukraine agree to on Donbas in 2019?
Security
A look back at the Steinmeier formula, accepted by Ukraine on 1 October 2019 within the Minsk framework, and the questions around it.
Retrospective · events of 3 October 2019
Kyiv's two pressure points on 3 October 2019
Politics
A look back at how a US political scandal and a Donbas peace formula converged on Ukraine's president in early October 2019.
Retrospective · events of 10 October 2019
Where Ukraine stood in the 2019 competitiveness ranking
Economy
A look back at a ranking that placed Ukraine 85th among 141 countries, two places lower than a year earlier.
Retrospective · events of 15 October 2019
Church recognition, boxing win and marathon briefing: Ukraine's busy week
Opinion
A look back at a period when sport, church politics, an economic ranking and a US scandal all drew attention to Ukraine.
Retrospective · events of 15 October 2019
What did 15 October 2019 look like for Kyiv?
Politics
A retrospective on the Ukraine-linked political stories that framed mid-October 2019, from a marathon press event to arrests in New York.
Retrospective · events of 16 October 2019
Kyiv and Washington: a scandal and a marathon briefing
Politics
A look back at 16 October 2019, when the Trump–Ukraine scandal and a record-length Kyiv press event framed the country's politics.
Retrospective · events of 23 October 2019
Ukraine a subject, not a player, in U.S. scandal
Opinion
A retrospective on a day when court filings in New York and testimony in Washington kept Ukraine at the centre of a U.S. political scandal.
Retrospective · events of 25 October 2019
Was US military aid to Kiev tied to political favours?
Security
A look back at the congressional testimony, three days before 25 October 2019, that tied US military aid for Ukraine to demands for investigations.
Retrospective · events of 25 October 2019
How a New York campaign-finance case reached into Ukraine
Opinion
A retrospective on the not-guilty pleas entered in New York two days before 25 October 2019, and on how a US campaign-finance case touched Ukraine.
Retrospective · events of 25 October 2019
$350,000 donation charge puts Ukraine hunt for dirt under scrutiny
Politics
A look back at a court appearance in the 2019 Trump–Ukraine scandal and what the charges said about the search for damaging information in Ukraine.
Retrospective · events of 27 October 2019
What did Ukraine's economy face in October 2019?
Economy
A retrospective on a week when a new banknote entered circulation in Kyiv while testimony in Washington put Ukraine's military aid in focus.
Retrospective · events of 29 October 2019
What did the Parnas and Fruman case reveal?
Politics
A look back at the court case involving two Giuliani associates, which was part of the wider Trump–Ukraine scandal as it stood on 29 October 2019.
Retrospective · events of 29 October 2019
What the South Airlines Flight 8971 findings said
Opinion
Ukraine's air accident investigators concluded their inquiry into the 2013 Donetsk crash, pointing to pilot decisions in poor weather.