Section: The Straits Times (Singapore)
Pro-Ukraine protesters topple massive Lenin statue in eastern city of Kharkiv
September 29, 2014 4:35 PMKHARKIV, Ukraine (AFP) – Pro-Ukrainian protesters in eastern Ukraine’s city of Kharkiv on Sunday toppled a giant Lenin statue seen as a symbol of Soviet legacy and Moscow’s control. …read more Source: The Straits...
Echoes of the past at Ukraine’s rebel-held Savur-Mogyla WWII monument
September 29, 2014 12:25 AMSNIZHNE, Ukraine (AFP) – The Savur-Mogyla memorial in east Ukraine commemorating thousands of Russian and German soldiers who perished in World War II stood for decades as testament to the strategic hill’s bloodstained history. …read more Source: The Straits...
251 victims of Malaysia Airlines MH17 Ukraine air crash identified
September 26, 2014 11:24 PMTHE HAGUE (AFP) – Forensic experts have identified 251 of the 298 passengers and crew killed on downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, after 26 people were named this week, Dutch authorities said on Friday. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ukraine PM asks West to keep sanctions on Russia
September 25, 2014 10:24 AMUNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk called on the West on Wednesday not to ease sanctions on Russia in his address to the UN General Assembly. …read more Source: The Straits...
Russia unimpressed by Obama offer to lift sanctions if it ‘changes course’ on Ukraine
September 25, 2014 3:20 AMUNITED NATIONS (AFP) – US President Barack Obama on Wednesday slammed Russia’s “aggression” in Ukraine but offered to lift sanctions against Moscow if it threw its weight behind an unravelling peace deal with Kiev. …read more Source: The Straits...
Poland needs nuclear arms to ward off Russia: Walesa
September 24, 2014 8:38 PMWARSAW (AFP) – Polish anti-communist icon Lech Walesa said Poland should procure nuclear weapons as a safeguard against Russia, which it blames for stoking the crisis in neighbouring Ukraine. …read more Source: The Straits...
Moscow marchers condemn Kremlin role in Ukraine war
September 22, 2014 2:26 AMMOSCOW (AFP) – Thousands of Russians on Sunday marched through Moscow to protest against the Kremlin’s involvement in the Ukraine crisis, in the country’s first major anti-war rally since fighting erupted in April. …read more Source: The Straits...
Nato says Ukraine ceasefire is ‘in name only’
September 21, 2014 3:11 AMTALLINN (REUTERS) – Fighting in Ukraine is continuing and the truce there is a ceasefire “in name only”, Nato’s top military commander said on Saturday. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ukraine, pro-Russia rebels ink deal creating demilitarised zone in east
September 20, 2014 10:10 AMMINSK (AFP) – Kiev and pro-Russian separatists on Saturday signed a deal creating a demilitarised zone in conflict-torn eastern Ukraine after fresh talks aimed at ending a brutal five-month war. …read more Source: The Straits...
US giving $67 million in new aid for Ukraine’s struggle with Russian incursion
September 18, 2014 11:24 PMWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States pledged US$53 million (S$67 million) in fresh aid to Ukraine on Thursday for its struggle against Russia’s incursion, including counter-mortar radar equipment, in a gesture of support for visiting Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko. …read more Source: The...
