Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (310)
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- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
Two top Ukrainian officials arrested at cabinet meeting (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Two top Ukrainian officials were arrested Wednesday on corruption charges and led away in handcuffs from a televised cabinet meeting as government ministers looked on. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine president dismisses powerful oligarch as regional governor (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s president has dismissed one of the country’s most controversial tycoons from his regional governor’s post, his office said Wednesday, in a showdown baring the infighting between powerful oligarchs even as the country struggles to combat pro-Russian insurgents. …read more Source: The West...
On Ukraine frontline, villagers scramble over bombed bridge (AFP)
Stanytsya Luganska (Ukraine) (AFP) – Having trudged 15 kilometres, 75-year-old Stanislav faces a daunting climb as he leaves the war-torn eastern Ukrainian village of Stanytsya Luganska, whose bridge was wrecked by a bomb blast last week. …read more Source: The West...
Lithuania backs the shirtfront on Russia
Tiny Lithuania, with a population less than Melbourne’s, is muscling up to the mighty Russian superpower over the war in Ukraine and is happy for Australia’s support in the “shirtfront”. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Defending Mariupol – a divided city
As war rages around them the residents of Mariupol are divided by the conflict in Ukraine with fears the battle for their city could be the deadliest yet. …read more Source: ABC...
Son of ousted Ukraine leader said to have drowned in car accident (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The 33-year-old son of toppled ex-Ukraine president Viktor Yanukovych has died, his former party said Monday, after his car apparently fell through ice on Russia’s Lake Baikal. …read more Source: The West...
Vladimir Putin’s Night Wolves biker gang lends muscle to rebel cause in east Ukraine
Lugansk, Ukraine: Dressed in leathers and camouflage, motorbike gang leader Vitali waves at two charred Ukrainian tank turrets decorating the entrance to his club as he recounts how his group has fought alongside pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Deposed Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych’s son drowns in icy lake
Viktor Yanukovych, the younger son of the deposed Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych, drowned when his car went through ice on Russia’s Lake Baikal. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Russia has ‘more right’ to Crimea than UK to Falklands, says Moscow (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia has more claim to Crimea than Britain has to the Falkland Islands, a senior Russian lawmaker insisted Sunday as London again denounced Moscow’s “illegal annexation” of the peninsula. …read more Source: The West...
Russia hosts extreme far-right forum
REPRESENTATIVES of some of Europe’s most extreme nationalist groups have met in Russia to show their support for Moscow’s actions in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
