Section: Australia
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US starts training Ukrainians to fight pro-Russia forces (AFP)
Yavoriv (Ukraine) (AFP) – US paratroopers Monday began training Ukrainian government forces who will fight pro-Russian separatists in the east, angering Moscow as the deadly conflict rumbles on in the ex-Soviet country. …read more Source: The West...
OSCE chief says ‘good chance for peace’ in Ukraine (AFP)
Vilnius (AFP) – The OSCE chief said Monday a truce was holding in a key village in eastern Ukraine and urged rival sides to “embrace a good chance for peace” in the war-torn region. …read more Source: The West...
Blacklisted Russian deputy PM angers Norway with Arctic visit (AFP)
Oslo (AFP) – Norway said Sunday it was angry that Russia’s deputy prime minister visited its Arctic Svalbard archipelago this weekend even though he is banned from Norwegian territory over Russia’s role in the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source: The West...
France, Russia negotiating solution to frozen warship deal: Hollande (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – French President Francois Hollande said Sunday that negotiations with Moscow were under way to find a solution to a dispute over the sale of two Mistral warships, frozen over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The West...
France, Russia negotiating solution to frozen warship deal (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – French President Francois Hollande said Sunday that negotiations with Moscow were under way to find a solution to a dispute over the sale of two Mistral warships, frozen over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The West...
Kiev lists Russian military units allegedly in Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s army chief of staff on Saturday listed for the first time some of the specific Russian military units alleged to be fighting against Kiev alongside pro-Moscow separatists in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Lenin statues toppled in government-held east Ukraine (AFP)
Kharkiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Masked men have toppled several statues of the Soviet leader Lenin in eastern Ukraine, authorities said Saturday, in a fresh show of anti-Russian sentiment as Kiev battles pro-Moscow separatists. …read more Source: The West...
US troops on Ukrainian soil could reignite fighting: Moscow (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia on Friday warned that the arrival of US paratroopers in Ukraine to train its forces fighting pro-Russian rebels could reignite the conflict, leading to mass bloodshed. …read more Source: The West...
Museum or memory lane? Kiev mulls memorial to Maidan victims (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Confident and cheery in priestly black robes, 21-year-old seminarian Oleg is on duty in the small wooden chapel built a year ago above the Maidan, the scene of deadly protests in Kiev last year that shaped Ukraine’s history. …read more Source: The West...
Hollande to discuss Ukraine with Putin during visit to Armenia (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – French President Francois Hollande will discuss the Ukraine crisis with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during a visit to Armenia on April 24, a source in his office said Friday. …read more Source: The West...
