Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Poroshenko says over 9,000 Russian soldiers in Ukraine (AFP)
Davos (Switzerland) (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday that more than 9,000 Russian soldiers were currently backing up pro-Moscow fighters in the separatist east of the country. …read more Source: The West...
Deadly clashes rock Ukraine ahead of high-stakes peace talks (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Heavy fighting raged between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels in the country’s war-torn east Wednesday, killing at least five more civilians ahead of high-stakes peace talks in Berlin. …read more Source: The West...
West trying to throttle Russia’s economy, overthrow Putin: Kremlin (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Western countries are trying to use the Ukraine conflict to topple President Vladimir Putin and wreck Russia’s economy, the president’s spokesman said in an interview published on Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
Five civilians dead as fresh battles rock east Ukraine’s Donetsk (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Fresh clashes between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels rocked Donetsk in the country’s war-torn east Wednesday, killing at least five civilians and wounding 29 others ahead of high-stakes peace talks, officials said. …read more Source: The West...
AIDS crisis brewing in Crimea and east Ukraine says UN (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – A lethal health crisis is brewing in Russian-annexed Crimea and war-torn eastern Ukraine, where injecting drug users have lost access to therapy to wean them off heroin, the UN’s AIDS envoy said Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
World has duty to ensure Ukraine’s ‘success’: EU (AFP)
Washington (AFP) – The European Union has not forgotten Crimea, the bloc’s foreign policy chief insisted Tuesday, stressing the world’s “first duty” to Ukraine was to ensure it becomes a success. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainian leader cuts short Davos visit as situation ‘worsens’ (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will cut short his visit to an economic forum in Davos, Switzerland, to head home in view of the “worsening situation” in rebel-held eastern Ukraine, his spokesman said Tuesday. …read more Source: The West...
‘Russian forces’ attack Ukraine troops in separatist east (AFP)
Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russian forces of attacking its soldiers fighting pro-Kremlin insurgents in the ex-Soviet republic’s separatist east. …read more Source: The West...
Russian forces attack Ukraine troops in separatist east: Kiev (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russian forces of attacking its soldiers fighting pro-Kremlin insurgents in the ex-Soviet republic’s separatist east. …read more Source: The West...
New Ukraine talks to dampen flare-up in fighting (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – The foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France are set to meet Wednesday in Berlin in a bid to stem fresh fighting in Ukraine, Germany said. …read more Source: The West...
