Section: The West Australian (Australia)
IMF agrees to disburse $1.7 billion to Ukraine (Reuters)
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Saturday the International Monetary Fund had decided to disburse a second tranche of financial aid worth $1.7 billion. “Ukr… …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine soldier killed in clashes following peace talks (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Friday reported a soldier had died in clashes with pro-Russian rebels in the east of the country, despite another international bid to find a solution to the 15-month conflict. …read more Source: The West...
IMF could release new funds to Ukraine at end of July (AFP)
Washington (AFP) – The International Monetary Fund signaled Thursday it could release $1. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine propaganda war draws in popular video game (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – It was supposed to be the evidence that proved beyond doubt Moscow’s assertion that Washington is supplying Ukraine with weapons in its fight against pro-Russian separatists in the east. …read more Source: The West...
Kiev plans Soviet ‘occupation of Ukraine’ museum (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Kiev risked drawing Moscow fury on Thursday by approving the construction of an open-air museum devoted to the Soviet Union’s “occupation” of Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
High-level Ukraine debt talks postponed, technical discussions continue – source (Reuters)
KIEV (Reuters) – Debt restructuring talks between Ukraine’s Finance Minister and a group of its largest creditors did not take place as planned on July 22 as technical aspects needed to be discussed, … …read more Source: The West...
Interpol takes deposed Ukraine leader off wanted list (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine vowed to fight on Wednesday to ensure the return and trial of its exiled Russian-backed president after his name was unexpectedly removed from Interpol’s international most wanted list. …read more Source: The West...
Gorbachev urges Moscow and Berlin to rebuild trust (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev urged Moscow and Berlin on Tuesday to “re-establish trust” amid fierce tension caused by the ongoing Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The West...
Russia sets trial date for jailed Ukrainian pilot (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia on Tuesday announced that the trial of Ukranian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, whose politically charged case has become emblematic of bitter tensions between Kiev and Moscow, will begin later this month. …read more Source: The West...
Russia puts Ukraine film director on trial for ‘terror’ (AFP)
Rostov-on-Don (Russia) (AFP) – A Ukrainian film director went on trial on terror charges in southern Russia on Tuesday after Moscow held him for more than a year in a case decried by Kiev, rights groups and prominent film directors across the globe. …read more Source: The West...
