A native of Ukraine, who testified against Trump in the impeachment case, was elected to the US Congress

Yevgeny Vindman, a Democrat and native of Ukraine, won the election to the U.S. House of Representatives in Virginia. His election was an important event for the Democratic Party, which seeks to maintain its majority in the House of Representatives.

This was reported by The New York Times. Two army veterans, both lawyers, took part in the race, and special speeches were held for a large contingent of veterans and federal employees in the district.

The 49-year-old Vindman, a U.S. Army veteran and lawyer, will replace Democrat Abigail Spanberger, who decided to run for governor.

He is the twin brother of Alexander Vindman, a former U.S. Army officer and European affairs expert at the National Security Council. Both brothers came to prominence after testifying against Donald Trump in the impeachment case related to a phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

This conversation, which took place in 2019, caused a wave of outrage: the Windman brothers expressed concern that the then US president could have put pressure on Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden, who was his main political opponent at the time.

Yevgeny Vindman, who served as deputy legal adviser to the National Security Council, was fired from this position by the Trump administration in 2020.

As a reminder, on November 6, it became known that Trump won the US election. The Republican received 270 electoral votes needed to win.

As reported by OBOZ.UA, after the announcement of Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election, bookmakers began accepting bets on whether he would be able to end the war in Ukraine within 90 days after taking office. So far, bets range from 36% to 56%.

Former US Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker said that after winning the presidential election, Donald Trump will try to establish contact with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. The new US president may call the Kremlin leader to quickly conclude an agreement to end the war.

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