Section: The Straits Times (Singapore)
Poroshenko warns of ‘colossal threat’ of new Ukraine fighting
June 05, 2015 1:36 AMKIEV, June 4, 2015 (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko warned Thursday of a colossal threat of renewed fighting with pro-Russian rebels after a surge in violence that left at least 26 people dead. …read more Source: The Straits...
Russian investigators point finger at Ukraine over downing of MH17
June 03, 2015 11:50 PMMOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian federal investigators said on Wednesday they had testimony from a former Ukrainian air force mechanic supporting a Moscow theory that a Malaysian passenger plane downed in east Ukraine last summer was attacked by a Ukrainian fighter jet. …read more Source: The Straits...
Russian missile maker says BUK rocket downed MH17
June 02, 2015 8:42 PMMOSCOW (AFP) – The Russian firm making missiles similar to the one the West claims downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine said on Tuesday the passenger jet was likely hit by a BUK missile system. …read more Source: The Straits...
Russia issues 89-name EU blacklist, bars politicians
May 30, 2015 2:38 AMTHE HAGUE (AFP) – Moscow has issued a blacklist of European Union politicians barred from Russia in response to EU sanctions over Crimea and Ukraine, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Friday. …read more Source: The Straits...
Putin classifies information on deaths of Russian troops in peacetime
May 29, 2015 2:57 AMMOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin ordered on Thursday that deaths of Russian soldiers during special operations in peacetime should be classified as a state secret, a move that comes as Moscow stands accused of sending troops to fight in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Straits...
Biden castigates Putin, casts Ukraine crisis as a test
May 28, 2015 2:54 AMWASHINGTON (AFP) – US Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday denounced Vladimir Putin’s “pure aggression” in Ukraine, warning that Western nations must be prepared to respond with further sanctions against Russia if necessary. …read more Source: The Straits...
Russian divers report ancient ship find near Crimea
May 28, 2015 1:14 AMMOSCOW (AFP) – A group of Russian divers said Wednesday they had found Byzantine-era ship wreckage in the Black Sea off Crimea that included a trove of 10th century pottery. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ukraine agents raid UniCredit in expanding terror probe
May 26, 2015 3:50 AMKIEV (AFP) – Ukrainian security agents on Monday seized documents at the Kiev headquarters of Italy’s UniCredit bank as part of a probe aimed at cutting off the suspected illicit financing of pro-Russian rebels in the separatist east. …read more Source: The Straits...
Germany protests Russia’s ejection of conservative MP from Moscow
May 26, 2015 12:00 AMBERLIN (Reuters) – Germany formally protested to Russia on Monday over Moscow’s refusal to let a conservative German lawmaker into the country, a decision the Foreign Ministry criticised as unacceptable amid East-West tensions over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The Straits...
65-year-old German woman, a mother of 13, gives birth to quadruplets
May 23, 2015 4:27 PMBERLIN (AFP) – A 65-year-old German woman, who is already a mother of 13 children, has given birth to quadruplets after undergoing an artificial insemination procedure in Ukraine, RTL television reported early on Saturday. …read more Source: The Straits...
