Section: The Straits Times (Singapore)
Moscow police arrest dozens outside Ukraine embassy
August 13, 2014 3:03 AMMOSCOW (AFP) – Moscow police on Tuesday detained dozens of protesters who had gathered outside the Ukrainian embassy to show their support for Kiev in its campaign against pro-Russian insurgents in the separatist east. …read more Source: The Straits...
Switzerland cancels Russian participation in air show
August 13, 2014 12:42 AMZURICH (REUTERS) – Switzerland has cancelled Russian participation in an air show, its defence ministry said on Tuesday, apparently due to concerns about events in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Straits...
UN aviation task force to look at enforcing intelligence sharing
August 12, 2014 3:32 AMTORONTO (REUTERS) – A United Nations aviation task force, set up following the downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine last month, will consider whether authorities should be forced to share safety intelligence, according to documents obtained by Reuters. …read more Source: The Straits...
Australia, Dutch vow justice for MH17 victims
August 12, 2014 3:11 AMTHE HAGUE (AFP) – Australia and The Netherlands on Monday vowed to bring justice to the families of victims of downed flight MH17, despite the search for body parts being halted because of fighting in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Straits...
Russia sending aid convoy to Ukraine despite Western warnings of pretext for invasion
August 12, 2014 1:26 AMBRUSSELS/DONETSK (REUTERS) – President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Russia is sending an aid convoy to eastern Ukraine despite urgent Western warnings against using humanitarian help as a pretext for an invasion. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ukraine says Russia has massed 45,000 troops on joint border
August 11, 2014 11:18 PMKIEV (REUTERS) – Russia has massed 45,000 troops on its border with Ukraine backed by an array of heavy equipment including tanks, missile systems, warplanes and attack helicopters, Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said on Monday. …read more Source: The Straits...
EU officials seek to limit impact of Russia’s food import ban
August 11, 2014 8:20 PMBRUSSELS (REUTERS) – European Union regulators on Monday began analysing product-by-product the impact of a Russian ban on EU food imports announced in retaliation for Western sanctions over Moscow’s actions in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Straits...
Russia denies ‘humanitarian’ push into Ukraine as forces surround rebel-held Donetsk
August 10, 2014 1:11 AMDONETSK (AFP) – Russia denied allegations Saturday that it tried to send “humanitarian” troops into conflict-torn eastern Ukraine, as rebels in the surrounded stronghold of Donetsk pledged to keep fighting. …read more Source: The Straits...
US warns Russia against using aid as pretext to invade Ukraine
August 09, 2014 12:57 AMUNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) – The United States warned Russia Friday against using the humanitarian crisis in eastern Ukraine as a pretext for an invasion, saying such a move would be “completely unacceptable.” …read more Source: The Straits...
Another 21 victims of MH17 crash identified
August 08, 2014 7:41 PMTHE HAGUE (AFP) – Dutch forensics experts have identified 21 more flight MH17 crash victims, the government said on Friday, as experts unable to work at the crash site in restive eastern Ukraine began flying home. …read more Source: The Straits...
