Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Ukraine parliament bans ‘Communist and Nazi propaganda’ (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The Ukraine parliament on Thursday voted to ban all “propaganda by the totalitarian Communist and Nazi regimes”. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine separatist leader warns of possible return to war (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainian pro-Russian separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko accused the Kiev government and warned in an interview with AFP that fighting might resume. …read more Source: The West...
Four-way talks on Ukraine to be held in Berlin Monday (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – The French, German, Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers will meet in Berlin Monday for a follow-up on the fragile ceasefire agreed in February to end a year of bloody war in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Lurking landmines threaten lives, livelihoods in Ukraine (AFP)
DMITRIVKA (Ukraine) (AFP) – As a tenuous ceasefire brings a lull to Ukraine’s yearlong conflict between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian troops, the lurking danger of landmines threatens lives as well as economic recovery, particularly on once rich agricultural lands. …read more Source: The West...
‘Terror’ probe after blasts in Ukraine city of Kharkiv (AFP)
Kharkiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Two bomb attacks early Tuesday shook Ukraine’s second largest city Kharkiv, causing some damage but no casualties in the government-controlled hub near the Russian border and the separatist-held east. …read more Source: The West...
Cossacks in east Ukraine fight government — and other rebels (AFP)
Perevalsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – The young Cossack fighter gripped his automatic rifle as he swore he would defend the town of Perevalsk in war-torn east Ukraine that he and his comrades now control. …read more Source: The West...
On anniversary of Ukraine war, shelling still shattering lives (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Maria Gladchenko stood by the smouldering ruins of her home after the conflict in east Ukraine that began a year ago once again tore through her neighbourhood. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine far-right leader made army advisor in move to control militias (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The controversial leader of Ukraine’s ultra-nationalist Pravy Sektor paramilitary group, which is fighting pro-Russian rebels alongside government troops, was made an army advisor Monday as Kiev seeks to tighten its control over volunteer fighters. …read more Source: The West...
Six Ukraine soldiers killed as war reaches year-point (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Six Ukrainian troops were killed by landmines in the restive separatist-held east Sunday, breaking a lull of several days in a conflict that began a year ago this week. …read more Source: The West...
Six Ukrainian soldiers killed in rebel-held east (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Six Ukrainian troops were killed in two separate incidents in the troubled separatist-held east Sunday as isolated clashes continue to violate a fragile ceasefire to end the year-long war, officials said. …read more Source: The West...
