Section: Australia
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Australia to open Kiev embassy and consider military assistance to Ukraine
Australia will open an embassy in Kiev and is considering providing military assistance to Ukraine, Prime Minister Tony Abbott has told Parliament.Mr Abbott said the “interim” embassy would support nine Australian Federal Police investigators who are in Ukraine investigating the Malaysia Airlines MH17 tragedy. He said the Government...
Obama in Estonia to reassure Baltics
BARACK Obama has arrived in Estonia to make a symbolic show of solidarity with Eastern Europe in the face of a Russian-backed offensive in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Arming Ukraine could lead to nuclear war: Lech Walesa (AFP)
Krynica (Poland) (AFP) – European military assistance to Ukraine could lead to a nuclear conflict between Russia and NATO, according to Poland’s iconic cold warrior and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lech Walesa. …read more Source: The West...
First MH17 crash report due in next two weeks: investigators (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Dutch air crash investigators said Tuesday an initial report into what brought down flight MH17 in Ukraine will be released “this week or the next.” …read more Source: The West...
Russia repeating Georgia and Moldova formula in Ukraine: analysts (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia aims to employ the well-tested strategy it used to destabilise its neighbours Georgia and Moldova, and with separatists gaining ground it looks like Moscow will succeed again, analysts said. …read more Source: The West...
No military solution to Ukraine: UN
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has warned Western powers “there is no military solution” to the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: THE...
Ukraine crisis displaces 500,000
FIGHTING in Ukraine has driven over half a million people from their homes, but the UN refugee agency warns it could be double that. …read more Source:...
At least half a million displaced by Ukraine conflict: UN (AFP)
Geneva (AFP) – Fighting in Ukraine has forced over half a million people to flee their homes, the UN refugee agency said Tuesday, warning that the spiralling crisis could could “destabilise the whole region”. …read more Source: The West...
‘I can take Kiev in two weeks’, Russia’s Vladimir Putin warns NATO leaders
Vladimir Putin has boasted to European leaders that his forces could sweep into Kiev in two weeks ahead of a NATO announcement of a 4000-strong rapid deployment force. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
‘I can take Kiev in two weeks’, Vladimir Putin warns NATO leaders
Vladimir Putin has boasted to European leaders that his forces could sweep into Kiev in two weeks ahead of a NATO announcement of a 4000-strong rapid deployment force. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
