Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (310)
- NEWS.com.au (Australia) (203)
- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
Ukraine monitors find ‘catastrophic’ damage in Donetsk towns
International monitors uncovered “catastrophic” damage in areas previously inaccessible to outside patrols. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Passenger bus hits landmine in east Ukraine, four dead (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Four people were killed and 21 injured when a passenger bus hit a landmine near a government-controlled town in eastern Ukraine, local officials said Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine arrests two Emergency Services Ministry officials on live TV, sacks oligarch governor
The director of Ukraine’s Emergency Services Ministry, Sergiy Bochkovsky, and his deputy, Vasyl Stoyetsky, have been arrested in a very public display. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine arrests officials on live TV
Ukraine has dramatically arrested two top officials on graft charges at a televised cabinet meeting …read more Source: THE...
EU’s Juncker to visit Kiev next week (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday said he will visit Kiev next week on his first bilateral trip since taking office in November, in a show of support for Ukraine’s embattled government. …read more Source: The West...
Kolomoisky, the ruthless oligarch key to peace in Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Sacked regional governor Igor Kolomoisky is one of Ukraine’s richest men with a sprawling business empire whose ruthless methods are admired, feared and denounced in equal measures, making him one of the war-hit country’s key players. …read more Source: The West...
Passenger bus hits landmine in east Ukraine, three dead (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – At least three people were killed and six injured in eastern Ukraine when a passenger bus hit a landmine in the government-controlled town of Artemivsk, some 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the separatist stronghold of Donetsk, a police official told AFP. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine receives first batch of US Humvees (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday took delivery of ten US armoured vehicles, two days after American lawmakers voted to urge President Barack Obama to provide “lethal” aid to Kiev. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine arrests officials on live TV, sacks powerful oligarch (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Wednesday dramatically arrested two top officials on graft charges at a televised cabinet meeting hours after the president sacked a powerful oligarch as regional governor. …read more Source: The West...
Two top Ukrainian officials arrested at cabinet meeting
Two top Ukrainian officials are arrested on corruption charges and led away in handcuffs from a televised cabinet meeting as government ministers looked on. …read more Source: ABC...
