Section: The West Australian (Australia)
EU tells Russia to keep Balkans out of Ukraine crisis (AFP)
Sarajevo (AFP) – EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini called on Russia Friday not to involve the Balkans in tensions between Brussels and Moscow over the Ukrainian crisis. …read more Source: The West...
Soldiers still dying as Ukraine creeps towards ceasefire (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine said Friday it had lost another six soldiers in the past day as reports continued of intense battles for control of a flashpoint eastern airport despite tentative steps towards a comprehensive ceasefire. …read more Source: The West...
Lavrov says France ‘must fulfil obligations’ on warship delivery (AFP)
Basel (Switzerland) (AFP) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday warned France its reputation was on the line over the delivery of a controversial warship to Russia which has been delayed due to the conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Six Ukrainian soldiers killed in past day, says military (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s military said on Friday it had lost six soldiers in the past 24 hours despite both Kiev and the pro-Russian rebels committing themselves to a new truce the previous day. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine needs ‘ceasefire not in name but in substance’, says Kiev (AFP)
Basel (Switzerland) (AFP) – Ukraine?s foreign minister said Friday that his war-torn country needed a “real” ceasefire, a day after Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels agreed to halt fire on December 9. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine, pro-Russia rebels announce December 9 truce (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine and the pro-Russian rebels said on Thursday they had agreed to halt fire across the eastern war zone on December 9 under the terms of a Kremlin-brokered truce. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine and rebels announce December 9 ceasefire (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine and the pro-Russian rebels said on Thursday they had agree to halt fire across the eastern war zone on December 9 under the terms of a Kremlin-brokered truce. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine will halt fire in east from December 9, president says (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s army will halt fire across the separatist east on December 9 under the terms of a Russian-brokered peace deal signed in September, President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
US tells Russia not to ‘isolate’ itself as Putin hits out at sanctions (AFP)
Basel (Switzerland) (AFP) – Washington insisted Thursday it was not seeking confrontation with Russia over the Ukraine crisis as Moscow lashed out over biting sanctions which have pushed its economy to the brink of recession. …read more Source: The West...
Russia is ‘strategic problem’ for EU, says Juncker (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – Russia is now a “strategic problem” for the EU amid the crisis in Ukraine, European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said Thursday, but he insisted Brussels would not be blackmailed by the cancellation of a huge gas pipeline. …read more Source: The West...
