Section: Australia
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‘Strong’ Russian presence in eastern Ukraine: NATO chief (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – NATO head Jens Stoltenberg told AFP Thursday there was still a “strong” Russian presence in eastern Ukraine in support of pro-Moscow rebels although a recent ceasefire seems to be holding. …read more Source: The West...
France sells warships to Egypt, after Russia deal scrapped (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – French President Francois Hollande said Wednesday Egypt had agreed to buy two Mistral warships which France built for Russia before scrapping the sale over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The West...
France to sell warships to Egypt, after Russia deal scrapped (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – Egypt agreed Wednesday to buy two Mistral warships which France built for Russia before scrapping the sale over the Ukraine crisis, showing Paris increasingly values Cairo as a stable partner in a chaotic region. …read more Source: The West...
France says Egypt to buy Mistral warships after Russia deal scrapped (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – Egypt has agreed to buy two Mistral warships which France built for Russia before scrapping the sale over the Ukraine crisis, the French presidency said in a statement Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
France says Egypt to buy warships after Russia deal scrapped (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – Egypt has agreed to buy two Mistral warships which France built for Russia before scrapping the sale over the Ukraine crisis, the French presidency said in a statement Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
IMF chief urges holdouts to join Ukraine debt deal (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – IMF chief Christine Lagarde on Tuesday pressed Ukraine’s hold-out creditors such as Russia and a handful of Western investment houses to write off some of the crisis-wrecked country’s massive debt. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine helicopter pilot slams ‘lies’ as murder trial starts in Russia (AFP)
Donets (Russia) (AFP) – Ukrainian airforce helicopter pilot Nadiya Savchenko on Tuesday blasted Russian prosecution ‘lies’ against her at the start of a trial over the murder of two journalists that has caused outrage in Kiev and the West. …read more Source: The West...
NATO chief stops short of backing Ukraine membership (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The head of NATO said Tuesday that “Ukraine can rely on” the Western military alliance but stopped short of infuriating Russia by backing the ex-Soviet republic’s membership in the Cold War-era bloc. …read more Source: The West...
Russian court starts hearing Ukrainian pilot’s murder trial (AFP)
Donetsk (Russia) (AFP) – A Russian court on Tuesday started hearing a case against Ukrainian helicopter pilot Nadiya Savchenko over the murder of two Russian journalists in a trial that has caused outrage in Kiev and the West. …read more Source: The West...
Hundreds of foreign fighters join pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine
Some call them ‘Rambo wannabes’, but for the hundreds of foreign volunteers who have reportedly taken up arms in Ukraine, the struggle against what they claim is pro-Western fascism is deadly serious. …read more Source: ABC...
