Section: The West Australian (Australia)
NATO warns of risk of more heavy fighting in Ukraine (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – NATO head Jens Stoltenberg warned Thursday there was still a risk of heavy fighting in Ukraine and urged Russia to halt its support for pro-Moscow rebels. …read more Source: The West...
Internal border closes on Ukrainians splintered by war (AFP)
ODRADIVKA (Ukraine) (AFP) – Irina grips a bag filled to bursting with fruit in each hand and begins the arduous trek across the shell-splattered no man’s land splitting pro-Russian militias from Ukrainian troops. …read more Source: The West...
Netherlands, Malaysia push for UN tribunal for MH17 culprits (AFP)
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – The Netherlands, Malaysia and three other countries want a UN tribunal to be set up to try those responsible for the downing of the Malaysia Airlines flight over Ukraine last year, a senior diplomat said Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
Japan PM calls on Putin to work towards Ukraine peace (AFP)
Tokyo (AFP) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called on Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday to play a constructive role in finding “peaceful and diplomatic solutions” to the crisis in Ukraine, after the EU agreed to prolong sanctions against Russia. …read more Source: The West...
‘Nearly half’ of MH17’s wreckage still in Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A top pro-Russian rebel said Wednesday that nearly half the wreckage of the Malaysia Airline jet shot down over Ukraine last year remain strewn across fields controlled by the separatists. …read more Source: The West...
Putin extends Western food import ban for one year (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday extended a ban against most Western food imports for a year after EU foreign ministers agreed to prolong sanctions against Moscow over the Ukraine conflict until January 2016. …read more Source: The West...
Putin extends counter sanctions against West for one year (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday extended counter sanctions against the West for a year after EU foreign ministers agreed to prolong punitive measures against Moscow over the Ukraine conflict until January 2016. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine rebels train child soldiers in the making (AFP)
Khartsyzk (Ukraine) (AFP) – He is only 14 but already knows how to assemble a Kalashnikov rifle. …read more Source: The West...
‘Normandy’ group of foreign ministers call for ceasefire in Donbass – Fabius (Reuters)
PARIS (Reuters) – The foreign ministers of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine expressed their concerns about the worsening security situation in the Donbass region at a meeting in Paris on Tuesday, F… …read more Source: The West...
Russian consumer group under fire over ‘occupied’ Crimea travel advice (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – A Russian consumer rights group that advised caution to tourists visiting Crimea has provoked a major outcry, with Vladimir Putin accusing it of serving foreign interests and authorities blocking its website. …read more Source: The West...
