Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (310)
- NEWS.com.au (Australia) (203)
- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
Putin urges the West to pressure Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin has demanded the US and Europe press the Ukrainian government to comply with a cease-fire accord. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Right wing radicals crash rare Ukrainian gay pride march injuring 10
At least 10 people are injured and 25 arrested in Kiev as scuffles break out between members of a rare Ukrainian gay pride march and members of a radical right wing group. …read more Source: ABC...
Japan, Canada leaders visit Kiev ahead of talks without Putin (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The leaders of Japan and Canada made a point Saturday of dropping by Kiev on the eve of a major leadership summit from which Russia has been barred over its actions in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Japan’s Abe visits Ukraine ahead of tough G7 summit (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed during an historic first visit to Ukraine on Saturday to spearhead a global drive to resolve the crisis threatening to splinter the ex-Soviet state. …read more Source: The West...
Don’t be afraid of Russia, Putin tells West
Russian president Vladimir Putin says the West should not be afraid of Russia as fresh clashes erupt between Ukraine military and rebel forces in the country’s east. …read more Source: ABC...
Kiev gay rights march ends in injuries, arrests (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – At least seven people were injured and more than 20 arrested Saturday in Kiev as scuffles broke out between members of a rare Ukrainian gay pride march and their nationalist opponents. …read more Source: The West...
Don’t be afraid of Russia, Putin tells West (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia is not a threat to the West, President Vladimir Putin insisted in an interview published on Saturday, saying that he supported a Ukraine peace deal following a fresh outbreak of violence in the east of the ex-Soviet country. …read more Source: The West...
Putin tells Italian paper Russia backs Ukraine peace deal (Reuters)
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia fully backs the Minsk peace agreements in Ukraine, but progress is being stalled by Kiev, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview in Italian newspaper Corriere … …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine violence to dominate G7 meeting
Just days before President Barack Obama was set to arrive in Germany for a summit of the seven major industrialised nations, Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine killed two dozen people. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Russian, Dutch ministers discuss prosecuting MH17 culprits (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met his Dutch counterpart Bert Koenders on Friday to discuss catching and prosecuting those who shot down the Malaysia Airlines flight over Ukraine last year, Moscow said. …read more Source: The West...
