Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Cancelled Ukraine summit to go ahead at ‘end of January’ (AFP)
Astana (Kazakhstan) (AFP) – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko agreed Thursday that the delayed talks on the Ukraine conflict with leaders of Russia, France and Germany will take place at the end of the month, Kazakhstan said Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
Sanctions-hit Russia in risky bet on Ukraine talks (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – It seems to have played out exactly as Western powers hoped: …read more Source: The West...
Rebels launch Ukraine offensive after bloody bus strike (AFP)
Tonenke (Ukraine) (AFP) – Pro-Kremlin insurgents unleashed a massive rocket assault in Ukraine Wednesday as Kiev and Moscow traded blame for a bus shelling that killed 12 in the war’s bloodiest incident since a September truce. …read more Source: The West...
Russia, Ukraine trade blame for bloody bus attack (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The death toll from a stray rocket that hit a Ukrainian bus climbed to 12 on Wednesday as Moscow and Kiev traded blame for the separatist war’s bloodiest incident since a September truce. …read more Source: The West...
Eleven Ukraine civilians killed when rocket hits bus (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Eleven Ukrainian civilians were killed and nearly 20 injured on Tuesday when a long-range Grad rocket apparently fired by pro-Russian insurgents hit an intercity bus in the separatist east. …read more Source: The West...
US eyes more economic aid to Ukraine (AFP)
Washington (AFP) – The United States will provide a $1 billion loan guarantee to embattled Ukraine if the government remains on track with an IMF-backed reform program, the Treasury Department said Tuesday. …read more Source: The West...
Ten Ukraine civilians killed when rocket hits bus (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ten Ukrainian civilians were killed and more than a dozen wounded on Tuesday when a long-range Grad rocket apparently fired by pro-Russian insurgents hit an intercity bus. …read more Source: The West...
At least six Ukraine civilians killed when rocket hits bus (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – At least six Ukrainian civilians were killed and more than a dozen wounded on Tuesday when a long-range Grad rocket apparently fired by pro-Russian insurgents hit an intercity bus. …read more Source: The West...
Ministers end Ukraine talks without summit date (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – The foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France ended a meeting Monday without being able to set a date for a hoped-for peace summit on ending the Ukrainian conflict. …read more Source: The West...
Interpol seeks arrest of ousted Ukraine president (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Interpol on Monday put Ukraine’s former president Viktor Yanukovych on its global wanted list for alleged embezzlement that drained the ex-Soviet republic’s budget in his four years of pro-Russian rule. …read more Source: The West...
