Section: South China Morning Post (China)
Austrian drones set for surveillance mission in Ukraine
In the middle of the Austrian countryside, a few sleek, hi-tech drones sit in a bright production hall, ready for missions over Ukraine, the Mediterranean or the Middle East. …read more Source: South China Morning...
War-scarred Ukraine votes for pro-Western future
War-weary Ukrainians vote Sunday for a powerful new parliament in which a likely alliance of pro-Western and nationalist forces will confirm the ex-Soviet country’s historic but bloody break from Russia’s domain. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Poland’s ex-PM Tusk denies claim he and Putin agreed to partition Ukraine
Poland’s former prime minister, Donald Tusk, denied on Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that their two nations carve up Ukraine. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Surgeons in rebel-held Ukraine confirm the use of cluster bombs
Surgeons in the rebel hub of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, where dozens of civilians have died in recent weeks, confirmed on Tuesday that some patients were victims of cluster bombs, as alleged by Human Rights Watch. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko says winter gas price deal agreed with Russia
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko confirmed on Saturday that an agreement has been reached with Russia on a provisional price for gas deliveries during the coming winter months. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Putin and Merkel have ‘serious differences’ over Ukraine: Kremlin
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin have major differences over the origin and causes of the conflict in Ukraine, the Kremlin said following talks between the two leaders. …read more Source: South China Morning...
iSight Partners finds Russian cyber-attack linked to Ukraine crisis
A Russian hacking group has been exploiting a previously unknown flaw in Microsoft’s Windows operating system to spy on Nato, the Ukrainian government, a US university researcher and other security targets, according to a report. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Porshenko nominates Stepan Poltorak as new Ukraine defence minister
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko proposed a new defence minister last night after the previous incumbent resigned in a surprise decision ahead of high-level talks with Moscow on bringing peace to the Western-backed former Soviet republic. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Russia’s Vladimir Putin orders troops to withdraw from Ukraine border
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered thousands of troops to withdraw from the border with Ukraine ahead of diplomatic talks on bringing peace to the Western-backed, former Soviet republic. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Passenger on downed flight MH17 was wearing oxygen mask: investigators
The body of a passenger of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was found wearing an oxygen mask raising questions about how much those on board knew about their fate when the plane plunged out of the sky above eastern Ukraine in July. …read more Source: South China Morning...
