Section: The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
Eleven crew missing after cargo ship sinks off coast off Crimea coast
A cargo ship heading from Russia to Turkey has sunk off the coast of Crimea and 11 of the crew are missing, Crimea’s emergency situations ministry says. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
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...
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...
Ukraine may arrest Russia’s wheelchair-confined Eurovision singer Yulia Samoylova
Ukraine said Monday that it may bar Russia’s contestant from entering, on the grounds that she illegally toured Crimea after Moscow annexed the peninsula in 2014. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Is it a lie? Then we can use it: The Ukrainian show with nothing but fake news
If fact checkers cannot prove that a story published or broadcast by another news media outlet is false, it will not be featured in the weekly airing of StopFake News. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Thousands march to honour Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov
Nemtsov authored an excoriating report on Putin’s rule and, shortly before being killed, was working on a report examining Russian military’s role in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
A back-channel plan for Ukraine and Russia, thanks to Trump associates
A week before Michael Flynn resigned as national security adviser, a sealed proposal was hand-delivered to his office, outlining a way for President Donald Trump to lift sanctions against Russia. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Russia and Hungary want ease of sanctions while bombs rain on Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin was not about to apologise for his country’s actions in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Humanitarian disaster looms over Ukrainian fighting
Intense shelling in eastern Ukraine hit civilian areas for a sixth day, as an intensifying battle between government forces and Russian-backed separatists threatened to trigger a diplomatic crisis. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
