Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (311)
- NEWS.com.au (Australia) (203)
- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
Trump’s son-in-law met with US sanctioned Russian bank during campaign
A Russian bank under US economic sanctions over Russia’s incursion into Ukraine discloses that its executives met with Jared Kushner — US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and a top White House adviser — during the 2016 election campaign. …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine says Russian agent shot Putin critic Denis Voronenkov
The assassin who gunned down a prominent Russian opposition figure on a sidewalk in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev was identified by Ukrainian officials …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
One dead after blasts at eastern Ukraine arms depot (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Friday said that one person has died as a result of a fire that broke out at an arms depot in the country’s east, sparking explosions and forcing a mass evacuation. …read more Source: The West...
In Ukrainian ammunition warehouse explosion, Kiev sees a Russian hand
Ukraine suspects the Russian military or its separatist rebel proxies were responsible for blowing up a warehouse storing tank ammunition at an eastern military base. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
“They say we are traitors”: Putin critic Denis Voronenkov murdered in Kiev
A former Russian member of parliament who defected to Ukraine and began sharply criticizing Russian President Vladimir Putin was gunned down Thursday in downtown Kiev in an apparent contract killing. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Witness in treason case against former Ukraine leader murdered
Ukraine accuses Russia of “state terrorism” after a former Russian politician and key witness in a treason case against former Ukrainian leader Viktor Yanukovich is shot dead in Kiev. …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine struggles to contain arms depot fire, blames ‘sabotage’ (AFP)
Balakliya (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine said Thursday that a fire raging at a munitions depot in the country’s east, which the military blamed on an “act of sabotage”, could continue for up to a week. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine says ‘state terrorism’ by Moscow behind murder of Russian ex-MP (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A former Russian MP wanted by Moscow for fraud was shot dead in broad daylight in the heart of the Ukrainian capital on Thursday in what Kiev branded “state terrorism. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine probes arms depot explosion, military blames ‘sabotage’ (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Thursday was probing a series of explosions that hit a munitions depot in the country’s east overnight as the military blamed the incident on an “act of sabotage”. …read more Source: The West...
Kremlin hopes Kiev’s Eurovision ban ‘will be reconsidered’ (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – The Kremlin said Thursday that it hoped Kiev would reconsider its decision to ban a Russian singer from the Eurovision Song Contest over a past performance in Russia-annexed Crimea. …read more Source: The West...
