Section: South China Morning Post (China)
Ukraine, Russia strike deal to release hunger strike pilot
Ukraine and Russia have reached a deal to free a jailed Ukrainian pilot, President Petro Poroshenko said Tuesday, suggesting that she will be swapped for two Russian servicemen imprisoned in Ukraine. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Ukraine’s prime minister quits, with ally of President Poroshenko poised to take over
The resignation of Ukraine’s prime minister has cleared the path for an ally of President Petro Poroshenko to lead a new-look government as the former Soviet republic looks to end its worst political crisis in two years and restart billions of dollars of international aid …read more Source: South China Morning...
Dutch voters deliver ‘humiliating rejection’ to EU referendum, with result hailed by ‘Brexit’ camp
Dutch voters have rejected a treaty between the European Union and Ukraine by a margin of nearly two to one, in a referendum that exposed the extent of anti-EU sentiment in one of the bloc’s founding members. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Giant 30,000-tonne arch will block Chernobyl radiation for next 100 years
In the middle of a vast exclusion zone in northern Ukraine, the world’s largest land-based moving structure has been built to prevent deadly radiation spewing from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site for the next 100 years. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Russia sentences Ukraine’s ‘Joan of Arc’ airwoman to 22 years in prison for murder
A Russian court has sentenced a Ukrainian helicopter navigator to 22 years in prison in a contentious murder trial that has drawn sharp condemnation from the West. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Syria and Ukraine on agenda for Kerry at Putin meeting – but Kremlin holds the upper hand
US Secretary of State John Kerry heads to Moscow this week for talks with President Vladimir Putin, hoping to build momentum for peace in Syria after a partial Russian withdrawal and to restore a fragmenting ceasefire in Ukraine. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Russian court poised to find Ukraine’s ‘Joan of Arc’ guilty for deaths of journalists
A Russian court on Monday found a Ukrainian helicopter pilot nicknamed Ukraine’s “Joan of Arc” guilty of involvement in the 2014 deaths of two Russian journalists, Russian news agencies reported, the conclusion to a case that has drawn international condemnation and reviv …read more Source: South China Morning...
Vladimir Putin wants to know who to hang if Russia-Crimea road isn’t built
Russia President Vladimir Putin said he wants to identify an official who can be hanged if a road leading to a new bridge that will link Crimea to Russia isn’t built, as he complained that nobody wants to take charge of the project. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Let slip the dogs and cats of war: hardened fighters find furry friends in Ukraine battle zone
They fight rats, depression and even serve in combat roles – dogs and yes, some cats, have turned into a prized companion for fighters on both sides of eastern Ukraine’s separatist war. …read more Source: South China Morning...
New investigation into MH17 disaster blames Russian military for downing plane over Ukraine
A group of open-source investigative journalists have released a report into the 2014 downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine that largely assigns responsibility for the missile attack to a Russian military unit and its chain of command – extending all the …read more Source: South China Morning...
