Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Two Ukrainian soldiers killed, 16 wounded in fresh fighting (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s army reported Saturday two soldiers killed in clashes with Russian-backed rebels, in a new uptick in violence across eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Feminists urge Ukraine to reclaim Women’s Day (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Around a thousand people marched through Kiev on Wednesday, International Women’s Day, calling for a return to the original feminist meaning of a holiday now largely associated with flowers and gifts. …read more Source: The West...
Russia denies Kiev’s ‘terrorism’ claims at UN court (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Russia hit back Tuesday at claims it is “sponsoring terrorism” in war-torn eastern Ukraine, dismissing Kiev’s accusations that it is breaking treaties by supporting pro-Moscow rebels as “neither factual nor legal”. …read more Source: The West...
Russia denies Kiev’s ‘terrorism’ claims at UN court (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Russia hit back Tuesday at claims of “sponsoring terrorism” in war-torn eastern Ukraine, dismissing Kiev’s accusations it is breaking treaties by supporting pro-Moscow rebels as “neither factual nor legal”. …read more Source: The West...
Russia ‘up to no good’ with its meddling: UK’s Johnson (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – Russia must halt “unacceptable” meddling in other countries, especially the Balkans and Ukraine, for there to be any chance of a fresh start with the West, British foreign minister Boris Johnson said Monday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine to accuse Russia of ‘terrorism’ in top UN court (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Kiev will seek to convince the UN’s top court Monday that Moscow is “sponsoring terrorism” in a bloody conflict involving separatist pro-Russian rebels, as tensions escalate in war-torn eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
EU extends sanctions against ex-Ukraine president: source (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – The European Union on Friday extended sanctions against former Ukraine president Viktor Yanukovych for embezzling state funds just before pro-EU protests ousted him in 2014, an EU source said Friday. …read more Source: The West...
Russia, NATO in first high-level military talks since freeze (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Senior Russian and NATO military chiefs on Friday held their first phone talks since ties between the two sides collapsed over the crisis in Ukraine, the defence ministry in Moscow said. …read more Source: The West...
Gas explosion kills eight in Ukraine (AAP)
At least eight miners have been killed and 20 remain unaccounted for after a methane explosion at a coal mine in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Deadly blast rips through Ukraine coal mine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A deadly methane gas explosion tore through a coal mine in western Ukraine on Thursday, killing at least eight miners in the latest pit disaster to hit the ex-Soviet state. …read more Source: The West...
