Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Four dead as fighting flares in east Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Three civilians and one Ukrainian soldier have been killed over the past day in renewed fighting in the east of the country, where pro-Russian rebels are waging an insurgency, Kiev said on Saturday. …read more Source: The West...
France, Germany, Russia, Ukraine urge ‘respect’ of Ukraine truce (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine called Friday for a “strict respect of engagements” pledged in a peace deal to end the Ukraine crisis, the French presidency said of the first four-way talks in more than two months. …read more Source: The West...
Germany, France call for Minsk agreement to be fully effective by end 2015 (Reuters)
PARIS (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande held a telephone conversation with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine on Friday to discuss the situation in east… …read more Source: The West...
Russia dismisses Kiev’s ‘imitation’ of constitutional reform (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia on Friday dismissed constitutional amendments proposed by Kiev to decentralise Ukraine as part of the peace process as merely an “imitation” of compliance. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine outrages Moscow by deporting top Russian envoy (AFP)
Kiev (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine outraged Russia on Friday by expelling Moscow’s top envoy to a vital Black Sea region now governed by the pro-Western former president of Georgia. …read more Source: The West...
Memorials for MH17 victims as calls grow for justice (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Relatives of victims of flight MH17 that was shot down over Ukraine a year ago joined emotional memorials on Friday as calls mounted for a UN-backed tribunal to prosecute those responsible for the tragedy. …read more Source: The West...
‘Moral duty’ to punish ‘murderers’ who downed MH17: Ukraine leader (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – President Petro Poroshenko called it a “moral duty” Friday to punish the “murderers” who killed 298 people by downing Flight MH17 over rebel-held eastern Ukraine one year ago. …read more Source: The West...
Australia ‘sickened’ at purported new MH17 footage (AFP)
Sydney (AFP) – Australia said Friday it was “sickened” after new footage emerged purportedly of Russian-backed rebels rummaging through the luggage of passengers killed after Flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine, as a ceremony marked the disaster’s one-year anniversary. …read more Source: The West...
Australia ‘sickened’ as new MH17 footage emerges (AFP)
Sydney (AFP) – Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop Friday said she was ‘sickened’ after new footage emerged allegedly of Russian-backed rebels ransacking the luggage of passengers killed after Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Britain calls for UN tribunal to prosecute MH17 culprits (AFP)
London (AFP) – British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond called Friday for a UN-backed international tribunal to prosecute those responsible for the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine one year ago. …read more Source: The West...
