Section: Australia
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Ukraine backs off from EU-backed Russia gas deal (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – War-torn Ukraine on Saturday distanced itself from an EU-brokered agreement with Russia that would have restored its gas supplies during winter and helped rebuild trust between the neighbouring foes. …read more Source: The West...
251 victims of MH17 Ukraine crash identified (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Forensic experts have identified 251 of the 298 passengers and crew killed on downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, after 26 people were named this week, Dutch authorities said on Friday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s border to Russia wide open — in rebel-held zone (AFP)
USPENKA (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s president may have ordered the closure of his nation’s border with Russia but, when asked about it, the rebel commander of this crossing point just smiles and points to the snaking queue of cars traversing the international line. …read more Source: The West...
UN will investigate the discovery of a mass grave in Ukraine
Russia alleges Ukrainian forces tortured and killed four civilians, while Kiev says this is “another example of Russian media disinformation”. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine ‘mass grave discovered’
A UN team aims to travel to an area near Donetsk in eastern Ukraine to look into reports of the discovery of a mass grave. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian President sets sights on closer EU ties
Ukraine’s President says his office has been talking with his Russian counterpart to sustain a truce in the east and the country is eyeing EU membership. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine leader sees end to war, eyes EU membership by 2020 (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – President Petro Poroshenko has proclaimed an end to the “most dangerous” part of Ukraine’s pro-Russian uprising and the start of a post-war recovery that would lead to an EU membership bid in 2020. …read more Source: The West...
G7 leaders warn Russia of more sanctions (AFP)
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Leaders of the world’s most developed economies Thursday warned Russia of more sanctions unless all fighting stops in Ukraine and vowed to stand by the war-torn country as winter approaches. …read more Source: The West...
Japan PM vows to work against ‘war culture’ (AFP)
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged Thursday to eliminate “war culture” from the world as he highlighted Tokyo’s aid in crises from the Middle East to Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s Maidan movement wins Lech Walesa freedom prize (AFP)
Warsaw (AFP) – The Lech Walesa foundation on Thursday awarded its annual freedom prize to the Euromaidan protest movement that helped topple Ukraine’s pro-Moscow government earlier this year. …read more Source: The West...
