Section: The West Australian (Australia)
West imposes new Russia sanctions, Putin defiant (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The United States and European Union hit Russia with tough new sanctions Friday in a coordinated riposte to Moscow’s “unacceptable behaviour” in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Putin dismisses new sanctions even as Russian ruble sinks (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Fresh EU and US sanctions on Friday dragged the ruble to a new low, even as Russian President Vladimir Putin brushed them off and accused the West of using Ukraine as a political pawn. …read more Source: The West...
EU delays implementation of Ukraine free trade deal to end-2015 (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – The European Union said Friday it will delay implementation of a free trade deal with Ukraine by 15 months to the end of 2015, as part of efforts to support the peace process. …read more Source: The West...
Dutch say need to know MH17 missile launch site to prosecute (AFP)
Rotterdam (Netherlands) (AFP) – Dutch prosecutors said Friday they need to know where a missile that may have shot down flight MH17 was fired from in eastern Ukraine before criminal charges could be laid. …read more Source: The West...
UN begins food aid to Ukraine’s war-torn east (AFP)
Geneva (AFP) – The UN’s World Food Programme announced Friday the launch of its first food aid operation in Ukraine, saying it had begun distributing rations in the country’s conflict-torn east. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine to ratify EU pact next week: Poroshenko (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – President Petro Poroshenko said on Friday that the Ukrainian and European parliaments would meet on September 16 to jointly ratify an historic agreement pulling his country further out of Russia’s reach. …read more Source: The West...
EU hits Russia with new sanctions as Ukraine looks West (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Tough new EU sanctions came into effect against Russia over the Ukraine conflict on Friday, with Moscow accusing its foes of trying to derail the push for peace in the former Soviet state. …read more Source: The West...
EU hits Russia with new sanctions over Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Tough new EU sanctions came into effect against Russia over the Ukraine crisis on Friday, with Moscow angrily accusing its foes of trying to wreck the push for peace in the former Soviet state. …read more Source: The West...
MH17 crash site still unsafe for investigators: Dutch (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – The site in eastern Ukraine where flight MH17 crashed two months ago is still too unsafe for investigators to resume the recovery of victims’ remains, Dutch Defence Minister Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert said Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s displaced just want to go home (AFP)
Mariupol (Ukraine) (AFP) – For the Ukrainians who have fled the war zones of the east, life has become a grim daily grind of battling red tape and trying to find food, jobs and shelter. …read more Source: The West...
