Section: Malaysia
Finnish military reaches out to reservists, denies Russia link
HELSINKI (Reuters) – The Finnish military began sending letters to some 900,000 reservists on Monday in the largest campaign of its kind, amid increased tensions between the Nordic states and Russia over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The...
Two Ukrainian servicemen killed in eastern Ukraine – Kiev military
KIEV (Reuters) – Two Ukrainian servicemen were killed and five wounded in continued clashes with pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine despite a two-month ceasefire, Kiev’s military said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
China’s Xi to visit Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping (pix) will visit Russia this week to attend World War II anniversary celebrations, the foreign ministry announced on Monday, with Kazakhstan and Belarus also on his itinerary. Xi will visit Moscow from Friday through Sunday at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the ministry said on its...
Despite Western snub, Russia prepares to fete WWII anniversary
Russia is preparing this week to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany with imperial flair and a military parade viewed as an unapologetic show of force. In what is seen as punishment for the Kremlin’s policies on Ukraine, Russia’s World War II allies are boycotting the May 9 festivities, leaving...
One more Ukrainian serviceman killed in eastern Ukraine: Kiev
KIEV (Reuters) – One Ukrainian serviceman has been killed and six wounded in attacks in eastern Ukraine by pro-Russian separatists, testing a fragile two-month ceasefire, the military said on Sunday. …read more Source: The...
EU, Nato try to counter Russian propaganda
Western powers are getting set to counter an expertly crafted Russian disinformation campaign over Ukraine which has left them wrong-footed too many times for comfort. The aim is to win the daily battle for the news headlines, to get the EU and NATO story out to show that Russia’s message falls well short of the truth. “In Russia, the...
Two Ukrainian serviceman killed in past 24 hours in east – military
KIEV (Reuters) – Two Ukrainian serviceman have been killed and two wounded in separatist attacks on government forces in eastern Ukraine despite the Minsk ceasefire agreement, Interfax news agency quoted the Ukrainian military as saying on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Search of Ukraine MH17 crash site over: Dutch team
THE HAGUE: Dutch and international investigators have finished recovering human remains and wreckage from the MH17 plane crash site in eastern Ukraine, the mission’s head said on Thursday. All 298 passengers and crew on board the Malaysia Airlines jetliner — the majority of them Dutch — died when it was shot down over rebel-held eastern...
Search of Ukraine MH17 crash site over: Dutch team
THE HAGUE: Dutch and international investigators have finished recovering human remains and wreckage from the MH17 plane crash site in eastern Ukraine, the mission’s head said on Thursday. All 298 passengers and crew on board the Malaysia Airlines jetliner — the majority of them Dutch — died when it was shot down over rebel-held eastern...
Ukrainian tycoon Firtash escapes extradition to U.S
VIENNA (Reuters) – An Austrian court refused on Thursday to extradite Ukrainian industrialist Dmytro Firtash to the United States, accepting his argument that political motivations lay behind U.S. efforts to try him on corruption charges. …read more Source: The...
