Section: The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko orders troops onto highest alert
The order follows Russian allegations of a Ukrainian incursion into Crimea. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Australian Red Cross man warns Ukraine teeters on brink of health crisis
Red Cross volunteer Mike Denison has just returned from the civil-war-torn east of Ukraine, a part of the world never particularly prosperous and now torn apart by a “frozen conflict”. The Red Cross is there to help in a crisis but the locals fear this crisis is here to stay. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Prominent journalist Pavel Sheremet killed in Kiev car bombing
A prominent journalist working for the online investigative newspaper Ukrayinska Pravda was killed by a car bomb in central Kiev early on Wednesday morning. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
US President Barack Obama urges NATO to stand firm against Russia despite Brexit
US President Barack Obama urges NATO leaders to stand firm against a resurgent Russia over its seizure of Crimea from Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Frenchman arrested in Ukraine was ‘planning 15 attacks’ in France
A French citizen arrested with a “vast arsenal” of explosives and assault rifles was planning “15 attacks” to coincide with the Euro 2016 football tournament in France, according to Ukraine’s state security service. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
MH17 investigation report just months away
Prosecutors conducting the criminal investigation into the downing of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine two years ago said on Friday it was at “a very advanced stage”. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Russia frees Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko in dramatic prisoner swap
Russia and Ukraine completed a high-level prisoner swap on Wednesday, trading a Ukrainian helicopter pilot dubbed the country’s “Joan of Arc” for two Russian servicemen accused of being members of Russian military intelligence. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Eurovision 2016: Ukraine’s win rouses a chorus of anger and suspicion in Russia
Russians are fulminating about an “information war” and blaming the United States after a Ukrainian beat their nation’s odds-on favourite in the song contest. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Eurovision: Crimean Tatars, Ukrainians celebrate win, while Russia fumes
Many Russians, whose Eurovision Song Contest entry won the popular vote but finished third when the national juries’ votes were added, said they felt robbed of the win because of political bias. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine remembers victims of Chernobyl nuclear disaster
Ukraine held memorial services on Tuesday to mark the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster which permanently poisoned swathes of eastern Europe and highlighted the shortcomings of the secretive Soviet system. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
