Section: The West Australian (Australia)
‘Many’ human remains found at MH17 site (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Dutch investigators have recovered “many” more body parts and pieces of wreckage after resuming their search at the MH17 plane crash site in Ukraine, the Netherlands said Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
Dutch investigators recover human remains from MH17 crash site (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Dutch investigators have recovered “many” more body parts and pieces of wreckage after resuming their search at the MH17 plane crash site in Ukraine, the Netherlands said Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine soldier killed by rebels: army (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A Ukrainian soldier was killed in fighting with pro-Russian separatists in the east, the army said Tuesday, its first fatality in nearly a week as shelling rumbled on despite a ceasefire deal. …read more Source: The West...
Russia PM estimates economy shrank by 2% in first quarter (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday estimated that the Russian economy shrank by two percent in the first quarter under pressure from Western sanctions over Ukraine and low oil prices. …read more Source: The West...
US starts training Ukrainians to fight pro-Russia forces (AFP)
Yavoriv (Ukraine) (AFP) – US paratroopers Monday began training Ukrainian government forces who will fight pro-Russian separatists in the east, angering Moscow as the deadly conflict rumbles on in the ex-Soviet country. …read more Source: The West...
OSCE chief says ‘good chance for peace’ in Ukraine (AFP)
Vilnius (AFP) – The OSCE chief said Monday a truce was holding in a key village in eastern Ukraine and urged rival sides to “embrace a good chance for peace” in the war-torn region. …read more Source: The West...
Blacklisted Russian deputy PM angers Norway with Arctic visit (AFP)
Oslo (AFP) – Norway said Sunday it was angry that Russia’s deputy prime minister visited its Arctic Svalbard archipelago this weekend even though he is banned from Norwegian territory over Russia’s role in the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source: The West...
France, Russia negotiating solution to frozen warship deal: Hollande (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – French President Francois Hollande said Sunday that negotiations with Moscow were under way to find a solution to a dispute over the sale of two Mistral warships, frozen over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The West...
France, Russia negotiating solution to frozen warship deal (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – French President Francois Hollande said Sunday that negotiations with Moscow were under way to find a solution to a dispute over the sale of two Mistral warships, frozen over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The West...
Kiev lists Russian military units allegedly in Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s army chief of staff on Saturday listed for the first time some of the specific Russian military units alleged to be fighting against Kiev alongside pro-Moscow separatists in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
