Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Arms depot explodes in Ukraine, Kiev blames ‘sabotage’ (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A series of explosions hit a munitions depot in eastern Ukraine overnight, the military said Thursday, blaming the incident on an “act of sabotage”. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine MP claims ex-president’s party secretly paid ex-Trump aide $750,000 (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – An Ukrainian MP alleged Tuesday that the party of ousted president Viktor Yanukovych secretly paid former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort $750,000 via an offshore shell company. …read more Source: The West...
Dutch families plant first trees at MH17 memorial park (AFP)
Vijfhuizen (Netherlands) (AFP) – Relatives of those killed when flight MH17 was downed over Ukraine in mid-2014, on Saturday planted the first trees in a Dutch memorial park not far from where the ill-fated plane departed. …read more Source: The West...
Russia marks three years since Crimea takeover (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia on Saturday marked a low-key third anniversary of the seizure of Crimea from Ukraine, as Kiev blasted the annexation of the strategic Black Sea peninsula as a “crime”. …read more Source: The West...
Russia marks three years since Crimea takeover (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia on Saturday marked a low-key third anniversary of the seizure of Crimea from Ukraine, as Kiev blasted the annexation of the strategic Black Sea peninsula as a “crime”. …read more Source: The West...
Trade war drives fresh wedge between Ukraine and rebels (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – It was always an uncomfortable paradox for Ukraine’s warring sides: while Kiev and Russian-backed rebels battled each other for nearly three years, trade kept flowing across the frontline. …read more Source: The West...
Trial of fugitive banker Ablyazov begins in Kazakhstan (AFP)
Almaty (Kazakhstan) (AFP) – The trial in absentia of Mukhtar Ablyazov, a fugitive banker and Kazakh opposition figure wanted on embezzlement charges by Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine began Friday, a court in the Central Asian country said. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine imposes sanctions on Russian state-owned banks (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine slapped sanctions on Russian state-owned banks operating in the country on Thursday, ratcheting up tensions with Moscow amid a bitter trade war with Kremlin-backed rebels in the east. …read more Source: The West...
Poland and Ukraine warn could Russia use gas ‘blackmail’ (AFP)
Warsaw (AFP) – Poland and Ukraine said Wednesday they would take legal action against Russian plans for a second gas pipeline to the EU, a project they allege Moscow could use for political “blackmail”. …read more Source: The West...
Merkel visit to Russia lined up: Kremlin (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel is due to visit Moscow for talks with President Vladimir Putin set to cover the crisis in Ukraine, the Kremlin said Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
