Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Disabled Ukraine fighters hanker for return to front (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Parts of their bodies burnt to a putrid pulp, separatist rebels mutilated in a year of conflict between pro- and anti-Russian fighters in eastern Ukraine lie in their hospital beds still hankering to return to the front. …read more Source: The West...
Three soldiers killed in restive east Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Three Ukrainian soldiers died when a mine exploded in the separatist-held east where isolated clashes continue to undermine a ceasefire aimed at ending a year-long war. …read more Source: The West...
Three soldiers killed in east Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Three soldiers died when a mine exploded in Ukraine’s separatist-held east where isolated clashes continue to undermine a ceasefire aimed at ending a year-long war. …read more Source: The West...
Divided but not defeated, Ukrainians seek to heal war wounds (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Kiev resident Anna Okhrimenko stopped speaking Russian after Moscow annexed Crimea last year, and does not think much of her pro-Russian compatriots caught up in the year-long war raging in Ukraine’s east. …read more Source: The West...
Fragile ceasefire a dark joke to many in east Ukraine (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – With heavily-armed men patrolling the streets, shootings in the dark of night and the echo of gunfire from the airport, life is far from normal in the east Ukraine city of Donetsk weeks after the signing of a ceasefire. …read more Source: The West...
Russia pulls plug on Crimean Tatar TV sparking Ukraine outrage (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian authorities on Wednesday shut down a television channel serving Crimean Tatars, an ethnic group that opposed Moscow’s seizure of Crimea, sparking concern in Ukraine and the West. …read more Source: The West...
Deadly Ukraine rocket strike another shot in propaganda war (AFP)
Shyrokyne (Ukraine) (AFP) – On a deserted road in east Ukraine, a missile strike briefly became the focus of the propaganda war that rages unabated despite the lull in fighting between pro-Russian rebels and the government. …read more Source: The West...
Kiev ‘failed’ to probe protest violence: Council of Europe (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The Council of Europe on Tuesday blasted Kiev for failing to properly investigate deadly violence against demonstrators in last year’s Maidan protests that ended with pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych’s downfall. …read more Source: The West...
Dutch seek BUK missile witnesses in MH17 crash probe (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Dutch and international experts probing the MH17 plane crash in eastern Ukraine appealed Monday for witnesses who saw the transport or firing of a BUK surface-to-air missile around the time of the disaster. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine leader says he will not let oligarchs sow ‘chaos’ (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Saturday pledged to stop oligarchs from sowing “chaos” after the governor of a key industrial region quit following a row over a state oil firm. …read more Source: The West...
