Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Italy gives Putin stage to make case against sanctions (AFP)
Rome (AFP) – Vladimir Putin used a trip to Italy on Wednesday to press his case against international sanctions on Russia and insist he was committed to a peaceful resolution of the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Pope urges ‘sincere effort’ from Putin on Ukraine (AFP)
Vatican City (AFP) – Pope Francis on Wednesday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin and all other parties to the conflict in Ukraine to make a “sincere effort” for peace. …read more Source: The West...
Putin makes anti-sanctions case in Italy (AFP)
Milan (AFP) – Vladimir Putin took his case against international sanctions to Italy on Wednesday, claiming they would cost Italian companies a billion euros and insisting he was committed to a peaceful resolution of the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The West...
US envoy meets Poroshenko as concerns for Ukraine grow (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Washington’s UN ambassador was set Wednesday to meet Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko at a time of renewed hostilities with pro-Russian fighters and fears of the Western-backed state’s imminent debt default. …read more Source: The West...
Isolated Putin seeks sympathetic hearing in Italy (AFP)
Rome (AFP) – Vladimir Putin makes a rare international outing on Wednesday with a high-profile visit to Italy and the Vatican two days after the G7 threatened him with tougher sanctions over Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
U.S., G7 ready to impose more sanctions on Russia over Ukraine – Treasury (Reuters)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew told Ukrainian leaders on Tuesday that the United States and its G7 allies stood ready to impose more sanctions on Moscow if needed, a Treasury … …read more Source: The West...
Implementation of Minsk agreements on Ukraine ‘still fragile’ – Russian Foreign Ministry (Reuters)
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The implementation of the Minsk agreements aimed at ending the conflict in east Ukraine is still fragile, Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. “It… …read more Source: The West...
NATO launches ‘spearhead’ drill on eastern flank (AFP)
Zagan (Poland) (AFP) – NATO on Tuesday launched the first full drill of its new spearhead force in northern Poland, a structure designed to boost security on its eastern flank in the wake of Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Deadly Kiev fuel blasts set off blaze near military unit (AFP)
Kryachki (Ukraine) (AFP) – Hundreds of Ukrainian firefighters battled Tuesday to keep a blaze sparked by a deadly string of fuel depot blasts from engulfing a strategic military unit outside Kiev that has Mig-29 fighter jets and rockets on site. …read more Source: The West...
Kiev evacuates hundreds after Kiev fuel depot blasts (AFP)
Kryachki (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine urgently evacuated hundreds of residents Tuesday from the site of a series of fuel depot blasts near Kiev that set off a ferocious fire and left several people missing and at least one confirmed dead. …read more Source: The West...
