Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Berlin knew Ukraine flight dangers before MH17 crash: reports (AFP)
Frankfurt (AFP) – Berlin knew the risks of flying over war-torn east Ukraine before Flight MH17 was shot out of the sky last year but did not inform German airlines, local media reported on Sunday. …read more Source: The West...
Putin says ‘no regrets’ over Crimea annexation (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an interview broadcast Sunday to mark 15 years in power, said he has no regrets over Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Crimea as it overturned “a historical injustice.” …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine marks 29 years since Chernobyl disaster (AFP)
Slavutych (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainians on Sunday marked 29 years since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, laying wreaths and candles near the plant where work to lay a new seal over the reactor site has been delayed. …read more Source: The West...
Putin calls on Hollande to mend fences amid Ukraine conflict (AFP)
Yerevan (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin on Friday called on French leader Francois Hollande to restore ties after a year of tensions over Ukraine as the two leaders met on the sidelines of genocide commemorations in Armenia. …read more Source: The West...
Russia charges Ukrainian aviator over ‘murder’ of journalists (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia on Friday charged Ukrainian airforce officer Nadia Savchenko over the deaths of two Russian journalists in a politically charged case that has become emblematic of tensions between Kiev and Moscow. …read more Source: The West...
US army walks cultural minefield training Ukraine troops (AFP)
Yavoriv (Ukraine) (AFP) – US paratrooper Gregory Crocker is giving a group of Ukrainian soldiers lesson one in dealing with an unexploded bomb: don’t touch it until the experts arrive. …read more Source: The West...
Dutch expert fired after showing MH17 victim photos (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – A Dutch expert helping to identify victims from last year’s MH17 airliner crash in Ukraine has been fired after showing photographs of the dead at a public lecture, the government said Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainians see rebel colours in Elle magazine cover (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Women’s magazine Elle has angered patriotic Ukrainians by putting on its front page the US actress Michelle Williams dressed in the colours of the pro-Russian separatist movement that their government is fighting. …read more Source: The West...
OSCE says little point expanding Ukraine mission at present (AFP)
Vienna (AFP) – The chief OSCE monitor in eastern Ukraine said Thursday there was little point increasing the size of its mission while its access to conflict areas remains restricted, saying the situation remains “fragile”. …read more Source: The West...
France will pay back Russia if warships not delivered: Hollande (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – President Francois Hollande said Wednesday that France will reimburse Russia if it fails to deliver two Mistral warships in a deal frozen over the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source: The West...
