Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Two top Ukrainian officials arrested at cabinet meeting (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Two top Ukrainian officials were arrested Wednesday on corruption charges and led away in handcuffs from a televised cabinet meeting as government ministers looked on. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine president dismisses powerful oligarch as regional governor (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s president has dismissed one of the country’s most controversial tycoons from his regional governor’s post, his office said Wednesday, in a showdown baring the infighting between powerful oligarchs even as the country struggles to combat pro-Russian insurgents. …read more Source: The West...
On Ukraine frontline, villagers scramble over bombed bridge (AFP)
Stanytsya Luganska (Ukraine) (AFP) – Having trudged 15 kilometres, 75-year-old Stanislav faces a daunting climb as he leaves the war-torn eastern Ukrainian village of Stanytsya Luganska, whose bridge was wrecked by a bomb blast last week. …read more Source: The West...
Son of ousted Ukraine leader said to have drowned in car accident (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The 33-year-old son of toppled ex-Ukraine president Viktor Yanukovych has died, his former party said Monday, after his car apparently fell through ice on Russia’s Lake Baikal. …read more Source: The West...
Russia has ‘more right’ to Crimea than UK to Falklands, says Moscow (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia has more claim to Crimea than Britain has to the Falkland Islands, a senior Russian lawmaker insisted Sunday as London again denounced Moscow’s “illegal annexation” of the peninsula. …read more Source: The West...
Artillery rocks Ukraine rebel bastion Donetsk despite truce (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Artillery fire rocked the outskirts of the rebel-held east Ukraine city of Donetsk on Sunday in the latest clashes to rattle an internationally brokered ceasefire between pro-Russian separatists and Kiev. …read more Source: The West...
In Ukraine, some Russians take up arms against Putin (AFP)
Odessa (Ukraine) (AFP) – When Andrei Krasilnikov hugged his wife good-bye last week and climbed onto a bus to take him back to the frontline in eastern Ukraine, his motive was typical of those fighting for Kiev — to defend his family and future from what he perceives as Russian aggression. …read more Source: The West...
Artillery fire breaks out in east Ukraine (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Intensive artillery fire broke out Sunday near the rebel-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, apparently breaking an internationally brokered ceasefire between pro-Russian separatists and the Ukrainian government, an AFP reporter said. …read more Source: The West...
Three killed as clashes rumble on in east Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Two Ukrainian soldiers and one civilian were killed in the country’s rebel-held east as clashes rattled an official truce aimed at ending nearly a year of fighting, Kiev and separatists said Saturday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine, Russia start new talks to supply gas to Kiev (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – Ukraine and Russia launched EU-brokered talks in Brussels on Friday aimed at supplying gas to Kiev through next winter and securing onward deliveries to Europe. …read more Source: The West...
