The Associated Press reported that Eugene Vindman won the election for the Virginia House of Representatives. He is a retired U.S. Army soldier who gained fame as a whistleblower, along with his twin Alexander.
The Ukrainian-born politician was also elected on the day Donald Trump won the presidential election and secured his return to Washington in January 2025.
Vindman was originally born in Kyiv, Ukraine in 1975 under the name Yevhen Vindman. He moved to America as a young child and now goes by Eugene.
The two brothers revealed the phone call between President Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump in 2019. During the call, Trump tried to pressure Ukraine to launch an investigation into the Biden family. At the time, it was widely believed that Joe Biden would be the Democratic candidate for president.
The call was a key component in Trump’s first impeachment. Both brothers were serving as aides to the National Security Council at the time, and Eugene was dismissed in 2020 in what he called a politically-motivated firing.
Vindman narrowly defeated Derrick Anderson, a former Special Forces officer and Republican. Vindman replaced Democrat Abigail Spanberger who decided to run instead for governor in 2025.
Vindman’s campaign focused on abortion rights and the threat to democracy posed by Trump’s MAGA movement.
Vindman said, “With the help of our grassroots army we achieved something together that many did not think was possible.”
“It is a testament to American experience that a man who fled a Soviet Regime, came to this great country with less than $8 in his pocket and now stands here as a Congressman-elect of United States House of Representatives.”
While it is still unclear whether the Democratic Party can wrest control of the House away from the Republicans, they have already won the Senate back.
Vindman is the second Ukrainian to serve in the U.S. Congress. Victoria Spartz was re-elected as the representative of Indiana’s 5th district in Congress. She was born in Chernihiv Oblast, but moved to the U.S. after moving there in 2000.
Spartz initially supported the aid for Ukraine, and spoke about the war with a personal touch. However, she also attracted controversy because of her attacks on President Volodymyr Zelensky and the head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yeermak.
She was born in Ukraine but did not vote in favor of the Senate Foreign Aid Bill in April 2024. The bill contained more than 60 billion dollars in assistance for Ukraine.
The fifth meeting will focus, among other topics, on Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine and ongoing escalation of violence in the Middle East.
The Associated Press reported that Eugene Vindman won the election for the Virginia House of Representatives. He is a retired U.S. Army soldier who gained fame as a whistleblower, along with his twin Alexander.
Yoon Suk-Yeol, South Korean President, told the media: “Now, depending upon the level of North Korean participation, we will gradually adapt our support strategy in phases.” “This means that we are not ruling the possibility of supplying weapons.”
The War Zone experts say that even though it is difficult to determine the exact consequences of the Ukrainian attack, the recent strike was “significant in many ways”.
“We understand that America’s core value is to protect democracy and democratic values.” “This remains unchanged, regardless if the elections are held,” Prime Minister Denys shmyhal commented.
Two people were injured in a Russian drone attack on Kyiv. The air raid warning in Ukraine’s capital lasted for eight hours. Over 30 UAVs were shot down by the air defenses.
The Kyiv City Militia Administration reported that Russia launched a drone strike on Kyiv over night on Nov. 6. It struck a residential building and an auto repair shop.
Donald Trump received informal and indirect congratulatory messages from other top Russian officials including Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev.
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), citing three Trump-connected sources, reported on Nov. 6 that one idea among Donald Trump’s team to end Russia’s war is to delay Kyiv joining NATO for at least twenty years in exchange of continued arms supplies.
The Russian Foreign Ministry claimed the Moldovan authorities denied accreditation to five Russian international observers prior to the first voting round and the constitutional referendum regarding the EU accession.
Viasna Human Rights Center reported on Nov. 6 that Belarusian authorities had initiated a wave arrests in advance of the January election.
Donald Trump, the U.S. president-elect, and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol spoke by phone on November 7, after the former won the U.S. Presidential election. They discussed future cooperation.
This includes 1,400 casualties that Russian forces have suffered in the last day.
Odesa Journal reported that the Rebuild Ukraine 4.0 conference would be held in Warsaw, Poland on November 13-14 2024.
Two administration officials told Politico the White House planned to speed up the delivery of weapons amid concerns that a Trump administration in the future would stop weapons shipments before reaching Kyiv.
Zelensky posted on social media that he had congratulated Donald Trump for his victory in the presidential election.
Scholz partially justified his decision in a statement he issued following the dismissal. He noted that he had asked Lindner, who was responsible for the spending rules, to relax them to allow more aid to Ukraine. Lindner refused.
Volodymyr Zelensky, the president, said: “On defense, the economy, and the future after war, we have the potential to strengthen our cooperation.” “This will make Ukraine, America and the free world more successful.”
“That doesn’t necessarily mean that we are celebrating what Vladimir Putin did, or are excited about him. But I think there needs to be some commonsense here.” Rubio said that we are funding a stalemate which is costing lives. “Ukraine will take 100 years to rebuild, with all the challenges they face.”
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