Section: The Straits Times (Singapore)
Scepticism over photos aired by Russia TV that apparently show MH17 downed by Ukraine jet
November 15, 2014 8:22 PMMOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian state-controlled TV has broadcast what it called “sensational” photographs, which it said supported Moscow’s theory that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a Ukrainian fighter jet. …read more Source: The Straits...
Russia’s Putin discusses rebuilding ties with West during talks with British PM: Kremlin
November 15, 2014 7:06 PMBRISBANE (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and British Prime Minister David Cameron expressed an interest in rebuilding relations between Russia and the West damaged by the crisis in Ukraine, a Kremlin spokesman said on Saturday. …read more Source: The Straits...
Human remains found at MH17 site but no wreckage recovery
November 13, 2014 3:12 AMTHE HAGUE (AFP) – Dutch forensic experts recovered further human remains at the crash site of downed Flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, but said they could not yet start salvaging the wreckage. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ukraine says preparing for fresh combat in face of Russian military build-up across border
November 12, 2014 8:53 PMDONETSK, Ukraine (AFP) – Ukraine said on Wednesday it was readying for fresh combat operations in the war-torn east as Nato backed claims that Moscow has poured columns of military hardware across the border. …read more Source: The Straits...
Nato says it has seen Russian military equipment entering east Ukraine
November 12, 2014 7:26 PMSOFIA (AFP) – Nato has observed columns of Russian military equipment, including tanks, artillery and combat troops entering eastern Ukraine in the past two days, the military alliance’s supreme allied commander said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The Straits...
Fears grow of all-out war in Ukraine as MH17 families mourn
November 10, 2014 10:13 PMSHAKHTARSK, Ukraine (AFP) – New unidentified unarmoured columns rumbled toward the pro-Moscow rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Monday as fears grew of a return to all-out fighting in the war-torn region. …read more Source: The Straits...
Netherlands holds sombre memorial for Malaysia Airlines MH17 victims
November 10, 2014 9:41 PMAMSTERDAM (AFP) – The Netherlands on Monday held a sombre and emotional memorial for the 298 people who died when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over war-torn eastern Ukraine in July. …read more Source: The Straits...
Intense artillery fire breaks out in east Ukraine’s rebel bastion of Donetsk
November 09, 2014 10:59 AMDONETSK, Ukraine (AFP) – Intense artillery fire broke out early on Sunday in the separatist bastion of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, according to AFP journalists in the area. …read more Source: The Straits...
Remains of MH17 victims may never be fully recovered: Dutch
November 08, 2014 6:46 PMKHARKIV, Ukraine (AFP) – All the remains of the victims from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 might never be fully recovered, the Dutch foreign minister said on Saturday, as five more coffins were flown out of Ukraine. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev at Berlin celebrations warns of new East-West tensions
November 08, 2014 3:07 AMBERLIN (AFP) – Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned in Germany on Friday of new East-West tensions sparked by the Ukraine crisis, speaking ahead of ceremonies commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall. …read more Source: The Straits...
