Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Ukraine leader sees end to war, eyes EU membership by 2020 (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – President Petro Poroshenko has proclaimed an end to the “most dangerous” part of Ukraine’s pro-Russian uprising and the start of a post-war recovery that would lead to an EU membership bid in 2020. …read more Source: The West...
G7 leaders warn Russia of more sanctions (AFP)
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Leaders of the world’s most developed economies Thursday warned Russia of more sanctions unless all fighting stops in Ukraine and vowed to stand by the war-torn country as winter approaches. …read more Source: The West...
Japan PM vows to work against ‘war culture’ (AFP)
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged Thursday to eliminate “war culture” from the world as he highlighted Tokyo’s aid in crises from the Middle East to Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s Maidan movement wins Lech Walesa freedom prize (AFP)
Warsaw (AFP) – The Lech Walesa foundation on Thursday awarded its annual freedom prize to the Euromaidan protest movement that helped topple Ukraine’s pro-Moscow government earlier this year. …read more Source: The West...
MH17 site still out of bounds: Malaysia PM (AAP)
Malaysian PM Najib Razak says he has been informed by his Ukrainian counterpart that fighting continues around the MH17 crash site, making it inaccessible. …read more Source: The West...
Obama offers to lift sanctions if Russia ‘changes course’ on Ukraine (AFP)
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – US President Barack Obama on Wednesday slammed Russia’s “aggression” in Ukraine but offered to lift sanctions against Moscow if it threw its weight behind an unravelling peace deal with Kiev. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine peace efforts stall despite lull in fighting (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian peace efforts stalled Wednesday after pro-Russian insurgents called their own elections in defiance of a deal under which they and the Ukrainian army began withdrawing heavy weapons after five months of war. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine conflict death toll soars past 3,000: UN (AFP)
Geneva (AFP) – The death toll in Ukraine’s conflict has soared past 3,000, likely by a significant margin, top UN human rights official Ivan Simonovic said Tuesday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine rebels plan votes in blow to Poroshenko truce (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Pro-Russian rebels defiantly announced Tuesday they will stage their own elections in just six weeks, raising the stakes in a standoff with Kiev despite both sides moving to end five months of deadly fighting. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine rebels plan votes despite truce (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Pro-Russian rebels defiantly announced Tuesday they will stage their own elections in just six weeks, raising the stakes in a standoff with Kiev despite both sides moving to end five months of deadly fighting. …read more Source: The West...
