Section: The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
Russia nuclear ready over Crimea: Putin
President Vladimir Putin says Russia was ready to bring its nuclear weapons to a state of alert during last year’s Crimea crisis. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
MH17: New evidence on downing of passenger plane over Ukraine
Villagers in eastern Ukraine have told Reuters they saw a missile flying directly overhead just before Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was shot out of the sky. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
IMF approves $US17.5 billion lifeline to Ukraine
The International Monetary Fund has approved a massive economic aid plan for crisis-wracked Ukraine, where the economy is reeling from a pro-Russia insurgency in nation’s industrial heartland. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Russia says it has the right to deploy nuclear weapons in Crimea: reports
Russia has the right to deploy nuclear arms in the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, a Foreign Ministry official said, adding he knew of no plans to do so. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine’s military says pro-Russian rebels using truce to amass weapons
Ukraine’s military says pro-Russian rebels are amassing heavy weapons in depots around separatist-held Donetsk city despite a ceasefire deal. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Vladimir Putin says plan to take Crimea was hatched before referendum
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he ordered officials to start work on taking control of Crimea weeks before a referendum which, the Kremlin has asserted until now, prompted the region’s annexation from Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine rebels insist heavy weapons withdrawn from front line
Under the terms of the European-brokered, Russian-backed truce, both sides to Ukraine’s 11-month conflict must move their artillery back far enough to create a buffer zone of between 50 kilometres and 140 kilometres, depending on the weapons’ range. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Russia expert warns Western powers ‘are in the logic of 1914’ on Putin, Ukraine
In his new book, a British historian insists the West must reassess its language and strategy towards Russia – before it’s too late. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Scribbled note shows Boris Nemtsov was planning report on Russian soldiers in Ukraine
A note purported to be in the assassinated leader’s hurried scrawl says 17 Russian paratroopers were killed in fighting in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Russian President Vladimir Putin trying to destroy NATO: US commander
The commander of the United States army in Europe has accused Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, of seeking to destroy NATO, and accused Russia of having 12,000 troops inside eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
