Section: The Straits Times (Singapore)
Despite fighting, Dutch experts help recover MH17 crash items
October 13, 2014 8:39 PMHRABOVE (REUTERS) – Four Dutch police experts visited the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on Monday to help recover belongings and human remains despite fighting nearby in east Ukraine. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ukraine President Poroshenko sacks defence minister ahead of talks with Russia
October 13, 2014 10:38 AMKIEV (AFP) – President Petro Poroshenko will nominate his fourth defence minister of the year on Monday, after dismissing the incumbent ahead of high-level talks with Moscow aimed at bringing peace to the Western-backed former Soviet state. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ukrainian teams to search MH17 crash site for remains starting on Monday – Dutch TV
October 13, 2014 3:40 AMAMSTERDAM (REUTERS) – Ukrainian search teams will comb the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which went down on July 17, and return human remains and belongings to the Netherlands, Dutch television reported. …read more Source: The Straits...
Russia’s President Putin orders his troops to withdraw from Ukraine border: Reports
October 12, 2014 4:12 PMMOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian troops to withdraw to their permanent bases after military exercises in Rostov region near the border with Ukraine, Russian news agencies reported late on Saturday, citing a Kremlin spokesman. …read more Source: The Straits...
Russia’s President Putin to attend G-20 leaders summit: Australia
October 12, 2014 12:57 PMSYDNEY (AFP) – Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey confirmed on Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the Group of 20 leaders’ summit in November, despite concerns about Russia’s actions in Ukraine in recent months. …read more Source: The Straits...
Football fans detained over derogatory Putin chant
October 10, 2014 7:56 PMMINSK (AFP) – Authorities in Belarus have detained and punished dozens of Ukrainian and Belarussian football fans for singing a chant insulting Russian President Vladimir Putin at an international match. …read more Source: The Straits...
Teach English, not Russian in Ukraine schools: President Petro Poroshenko
October 04, 2014 2:19 AMLVIV, Ukraine (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Friday risked further angering the Kremlin by suggesting that English lessons replace Russian ones in schools to improve the country’s standard of living. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ukraine ceasefire must be observed, Russia’s Lavrov tells Kerry
October 03, 2014 11:26 PMMOSCOW (REUTERS) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told US Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday it was essential that both Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists fully observed a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine clinched nearly a month ago. …read more Source: The Straits...
Swiss aid worker killed as shelling in heart of Ukraine’s rebel hub interrupts truce
October 03, 2014 1:10 AMDONETSK, Ukraine (AFP) – A Swiss Red Cross worker died on Thursday when shells burst through the heart of Ukraine’s main pro-Russian stronghold for the first time since the foes struck a Sept 5 truce aimed at ending Europe’s worst crisis in decades. …read more Source: The Straits...
First shelling in heart of Ukraine’s rebel hub interrupts truce
October 03, 2014 1:10 AMDONETSK, Ukraine (AFP) – The heart of Ukraine’s main pro-Russian separatist city came under heavy shelling on Thursday for the first time since Moscow and Kiev struck a truce aimed at ending Europe’s worst crisis in decades. …read more Source: The Straits...
