Section: Australia
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Ukraine parliament confirms new defence minister (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s parliament on Tuesday confirmed National Guard chief Stepan Poltorak as the former Soviet state’s fourth defence minister since Russia’s annexation of its Crimea peninsula in March. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine turns to new defence chief ahead of Russia talks (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry will on Tuesday lock horns with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on the crisis in Ukraine, as a week of high-stake talks get into full swing. …read more Source: The West...
MH17 disaster: Dutch experts help recover crash items in east Ukraine despite nearby clashes
Four Dutch experts visited the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in east Ukraine on Monday to help recover personal belongings of victims despite fighting between government troops and separatist rebels nearby. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Dutch return to MH17 crash site as search resumes (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Dutch officials on Monday returned to the crash site of flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine where the search for remains and belongings resumed despite sporadic exchanges of fire. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine hands popular general tricky defence job (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko on Monday turned to the head of his frontline forces to become his new defence minister ahead of a crunch general election and high-stakes talks with Russia. …read more Source: The West...
In Donetsk theatre, a refuge from Ukraine’s tragedy (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – After the bombs, the fur coats. After the air raids, the air kisses. …read more Source: The West...
Australia PM vows to ‘shirtfront’ Putin at G20 over MH17 (AFP)
Sydney (AFP) – Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Monday vowed to “shirtfront”, or confront, Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit next month over the loss of Australian lives in the MH17 crash over Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Putin orders 17,000 troops to withdraw from Ukraine border
Russia’s president has ordered thousands of troops to withdraw from the Ukrainian border and return to their bases. …read more Source: ABC...
West to learn if sanctions softened Russia on Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Western allies should learn in the next few days if their punishing sanctions on Russia have softened its stance on Ukraine enough to justify lifting the drag on Europe’s increasingly fragile economic recovery. …read more Source: The West...
Vladimir Putin orders Russian pull back from border with Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian troops to withdraw to their permanent bases after military exercises in Rostov region near the border with Ukraine, the Kremlin said. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
