Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Two soldiers, one rebel killed in east Ukraine fighting (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Two Ukrainian soldiers and one pro-Russian rebel have been killed over the past 24 hours in fighting in the country’s war-torn east despite a shaky ceasefire, officials said on Friday. …read more Source: The West...
Kremlin says too early to speak of Ukraine peacekeeping mission (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia said on Friday that it was premature to discuss the deployment of a peacekeeping mission in war-torn eastern Ukraine before a peace deal agreed in February is implemented in full. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine rebels expel Western NGO members for ‘spying’ (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Pro-Russian rebels said Thursday they had expelled seven US and European members of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) NGO for “spying” in the eastern Ukrainian territory under their control. …read more Source: The West...
Austria rejects US extradition of Ukrainian oligarch (AFP)
Vienna (AFP) – An Austrian court on Thursday rejected a request to extradite to the United States Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash on bribery charges. …read more Source: The West...
Kiev says Putin open to peacekeeping mission in east Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The Ukrainian presidency on Thursday said Russian President Vladimir Putin was open to the deployment of a peacekeeping mission in war-torn eastern Ukraine, after the leaders of both countries spoke by phone with their French and German counterparts. …read more Source: The West...
Search of Ukraine MH17 crash site over: Dutch team (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Dutch and international investigators have finished recovering human remains and wreckage from the MH17 plane crash site in eastern Ukraine, the mission’s head said on Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
Chernobyl wildfire controlled: Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Firefighters have brought under control a forest fire near Ukraine’s Chernobyl plant, scene of the world’s worst nuclear accident in 1986, the emergency services said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
‘Fascists’ or heroes? How WWII history divides Ukraine (AFP)
Lviv (Ukraine) (AFP) – He fought alongside the Nazis, then against them. …read more Source: The West...
Forest fire rages near Chernobyl nuclear site (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A forest fire broke out Tuesday near the Chernobyl plant in Ukraine, scene of the world’s worst civil nuclear disaster in 1986, but posed no danger to the site, officials said. …read more Source: The West...
Hunger strike Ukraine pilot ‘being transferred’ to Russian hospital (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Jailed Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko has resumed her hunger strike and is withering away, her lawyer said on Monday, adding that authorities planned to transfer her to a Russian civilian hospital. …read more Source: The West...
