Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (310)
- NEWS.com.au (Australia) (203)
- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
Cyberattack on Ukraine power provider prompts US utilities to review defences
Following reports that 80,000 customers of a Western Ukraine utility lost power for six hours following a cyber attack, a quasi-governmental US electric industry group last week advised members to review network defences. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Igor Sergun, chief of Russian military intelligence, dies at 58
Russian and Ukrainian media and blogs rife with conspiracy theories about death of general being linked to the conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Coca-Cola blames ad agency for map showing Crimea as part of Russia (Reuters)
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – U.S. drinks firm Coca-Cola on Wednesday blamed a marketing agency for a map used in an online advertising campaign that showed Crimea to be part of Russia and whic… …read more Source: The West...
IT experts say Ukraine blackout caused by a cyberattack (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A power failure that plunged parts of western Ukraine into the dark last month was caused by a cyberattack, IT experts said Tuesday, and one source called it a world first. …read more Source: The West...
Eastern Ukrainian villages change hands despite truce (AFP)
Pavlopil (Ukraine) (AFP) – Clashes between pro-Russian rebels and government forces in eastern Ukraine have dwindled but villages in the buffer zone around the frontline have been surreptitiously changing hands, raising fears that the tenuous ceasefire could unravel. …read more Source: The West...
Dutch investigators to study citizen journalism probe into MH17 (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Dutch prosecutors said Sunday they would “seriously study” claims by citizen journalists to have identified Russian soldiers implicated in the crash of flight MH17, shot down over eastern Ukraine in July 2014. …read more Source: The West...
Russia says Ukraine defaulted on $3 billion Eurobond (Reuters)
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will file a lawsuit against Ukraine after Kiev failed to repay a $3 billion (£2 billion) Eurobond and $75 million of interest by Dec. 31, the Russian finance ministry said l… …read more Source: The West...
EU-Ukraine trade deal comes into force, angers Moscow (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s free-trade deal with the EU comes into effect Friday, coinciding with the start of Moscow’s food embargo against Kiev that will force the impoverished former Soviet republic to revisit its economic model. …read more Source: The West...
Power cuts in Crimea after new blast on Ukraine power line (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – An explosion on Crimea’s main electricity line from Ukraine has left parts of the peninsula annexed by Russia in the dark, authorities said Thursday, weeks after power lines were sabotaged by anti-Russian activists. …read more Source: The West...
Minsk peace accord on Ukraine extended (AAP)
The Minsk peace accord on Ukraine has been extended into 2016 following agreement between Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany. …read more Source: The West...
