Section: AsiaOne (Singapore)
Dutch investigators to study citizen journalism probe into MH17
THE HAGUE: Dutch prosecutors said on Sunday (Jan 3) they would “seriously study” claims by citizen journalists to have identified Russian soldiers implicated in the crash of flight MH17, shot down over eastern Ukraine in July 2014.The claims are made by a British-based group of “citizen investigative journalists” called...
Merkel, Hollande, Putin, Poroshenko renew support for ceasefire in Ukraine
PARIS – The leaders of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine renewed their support for a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday following phone discussions, the French presidency said in a statement.”Angela Merkel, Francois Hollande, Vladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko reaffirmed their commitment to a ceasefire in eastern...
Ukraine parish turns into battlefield amid conflict with Russia
The quiet village of Ptycha has become an unlikely battleground for the Orthodox faithful in western Ukraine, where the divide between pro- and anti-Moscow factions plays out far from the eastern front of the war-torn country.Armed with sticks, spades and Molotov cocktails, the Orthodox faithful in the Ukrainian-speaking village this month moved...
Ukraine lawmaker manhandles PM Yatseniuk in rowdy parliament scenes
KIEV – Fighting broke out among members of Ukraine’s ruling coalition on Friday after a member of President Petro Poroshenko’s bloc physically picked up Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk and pulled him from the podium.Yatseniuk was defending his embattled government’s record when lawmaker Oleh Barna walked over to him,...
Men, arms, still pour into east Ukraine from Russia: UN
GENEVA – Arms and fighters are still pouring into rebel-held areas of eastern Ukraine from Russia, a United Nations report said on Wednesday, as it announced the death toll from 20 months of fighting was now approaching 9,100.Killings, torture and lawlessness still prevail in the disputed region, the report by the office of the U.N. High...
Turkey, Russia ministers set for first meet since plane downed
BELGRADE, Serbia – The top diplomats of Turkey and Russia were set to meet on Thursday for the first time since Ankara shot down one of Moscow’s warplanes, as dozens of foreign ministers gathered in Belgrade.US Secretary of State John Kerry was also in the Serbian capital for the annual ministerial council of the Organisation for...
With fighting easing, landmines still haunt east Ukraine
It has been 10 months since Igor last visited his home in the eastern no man’s land of war-shattered Ukraine.The seaside fishing town of Shyrokyne remains studded with landmines, a deadly legacy of the 19-month pro-Russian revolt in the EU’s backyard.Both Ukrainian forces and separatist rebels have refused to take on the task of fully...
Ukraine bans Russia’s airlines from crossing its airspace
Ukraine on Wednesday banned all Russian airlines from crossing its airspace, the latest escalation between the two neighbours 19 months into a separatist war in the east of the former Soviet state.The announcement by Kiev’s pro-Western government came only moments after Russia said it was once again halting gas shipments to energy-dependent...
Experts pore over evidence of downed Malaysian Airlines plane
AMSTERDAM – A team that includes Dutch and Ukrainian investigators have begun examining evidence from the MH17 Malaysia Airlines flight that was downed in eastern Ukraine in July 2014, killing all on board, Dutch prosecutors said on Tuesday.Two thirds of the 298 people travelling on the aircraft when it crashed, were Dutch. The Dutch Safety...
Power outages plague Crimea as Russia threatens to cut Ukraine gas
SIMFEROPO – Power cuts in Crimea affected nearly 940,000 people on Tuesday as tensions raged between Kiev and Moscow over the annexed peninsula and Russia threatened to cut off gas supplies to Ukraine.The Black Sea peninsula has been hit by power cuts since an explosion at the weekend cut power lines from Ukraine, which supplies most of its...
