Section: Australia
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Putin ‘ready with nukes’ over Crimea
VLADIMIR PUTIN says he was ready to put Russia’s nuclear forces on alert as he sought to annex Crimea last year. …read more Source: THE...
Putin prepared to use nukes to get Crimea
THE world looked on as Vladimir Putin annexed Crimea. Now the Russian President has made a chilling statement of his willingness to employ nuclear weapons. …read more Source:...
Ukraine leaders says truce deal ‘not working’ (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko slammed a month-old peace deal with pro-Russian rebels as “not working” Sunday as a pro-government militia member was killed in continuing clashes. …read more Source: The West...
Russia to fete a year with Crimea back in the fold (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia is gearing up to celebrate the one year anniversary on Monday of Crimea voting to leave Ukraine and join the Russian state in a takeover blasted as illegal in the West but seen at home as a triumph for Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: The West...
Russia was ready for a ‘nuclear state of alert’ over Crimea: Putin
Russia was ready to bring its nuclear weapons into a state of alert during last year’s tensions over the Crimean Peninsula, President Vladimir Putin says. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Russia nuclear ready over Crimea: Putin (AP)
President Vladimir Putin says Russia was ready to bring its nuclear weapons to a state of alert during last year’s Crimea crisis. …read more Source: The West...
Russia nuclear ready over Crimea: Putin
President Vladimir Putin says Russia was ready to bring its nuclear weapons to a state of alert during last year’s Crimea crisis. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukrainian doctors visit pilot in Moscow jail (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian doctors have visited pilot Nadiya Savchenko in her Moscow prison for the first time since her capture nine months ago, Ukraine’s government said Saturday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s old guard plagued by mystery deaths (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Tragedy, foul play or fear of prosecution? A spate of mystery suicides by allies of Ukraine’s deposed president Viktor Yanukovych has been called all three. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine leader reports ‘de-escalation’ in fighting with separatists (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko reported Friday a “gradual de-escalation” in the conflict between government forces and pro-Russian separatists in the country’s east as Kiev received the first tranche in a multi-billion-dollar IMF bailout. …read more Source: The West...
