Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Ukraine leaders says truce deal ‘not working’ (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko slammed a month-old peace deal with pro-Russian rebels as “not working” Sunday as a pro-government militia member was killed in continuing clashes. …read more Source: The West...
Russia to fete a year with Crimea back in the fold (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia is gearing up to celebrate the one year anniversary on Monday of Crimea voting to leave Ukraine and join the Russian state in a takeover blasted as illegal in the West but seen at home as a triumph for Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: The West...
Russia nuclear ready over Crimea: Putin (AP)
President Vladimir Putin says Russia was ready to bring its nuclear weapons to a state of alert during last year’s Crimea crisis. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainian doctors visit pilot in Moscow jail (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian doctors have visited pilot Nadiya Savchenko in her Moscow prison for the first time since her capture nine months ago, Ukraine’s government said Saturday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s old guard plagued by mystery deaths (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Tragedy, foul play or fear of prosecution? A spate of mystery suicides by allies of Ukraine’s deposed president Viktor Yanukovych has been called all three. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine leader reports ‘de-escalation’ in fighting with separatists (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko reported Friday a “gradual de-escalation” in the conflict between government forces and pro-Russian separatists in the country’s east as Kiev received the first tranche in a multi-billion-dollar IMF bailout. …read more Source: The West...
Waiting game in Ukraine as ceasefire holds (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said he’d spent more enjoyable evenings. …read more Source: The West...
Beleaguered Ukraine receives first $5bn tranche of IMF loan (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Cash-strapped Ukraine on Friday received the first $5 billion tranche of an International Monetary Fund bailout as it began talks with foreign creditors on restructuring its debt. …read more Source: The West...
EU unlikely to extend Russia sanctions next week: official (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – EU leaders are unlikely to decide at a summit next week to extend economic sanctions against Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, which expire in July, a European official said Friday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine receives first $5 bn tranche of IMF loan (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Friday received the first $5 billion tranche of the International Monetary Fund’s bailout for its troubled economy, the finance ministry said. …read more Source: The West...
