Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Poroshenko to brief world leaders before NATO summit (AFP)
Newport (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will brief British Prime Minister David Cameron, US President Barack Obama and other world leaders on Thursday before the official start of a NATO summit, a British government source said. …read more Source: The West...
Atrocities spur call for military action (The West Australian)
Australia’s military appears destined for two overseas hotspots after Tony Abbott revealed a “general request” to help repel the brutal Islamic State militants in northern Iraq and send troops to Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Paris suspends delivery of warship to Russia over Ukraine (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – France said Wednesday “conditions” were not in place to deliver the first of two Mistral-class warships to Russia, a move planned later this year that has sparked controversy given the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine to host US-led military drills in mid-September (AFP)
Warsaw (AFP) – Ukraine will host US-led military drills later this month involving hundreds of allied troops as Kiev’s army fights pro-Moscow rebels in the east of the country, the Polish defence ministry said Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
Putin unveils peace plan for Ukraine, hopes deal agreed on Friday (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday called on both Ukrainian rebels and government forces to cease fire and agree to the broad terms of a truce ending their four-month war. …read more Source: The West...
Russian photojournalist Stenin missing in Ukraine is confirmed dead (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian photographer Andrei Stenin, missing since early August, has been confirmed dead in Ukraine, the Russia Today media group he worked for announced on Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
Australia bans uranium sales to Russia (AFP)
Australia has banned uranium sales to Russia over its actions in Ukraine while announcing it will set up an embassy in Kiev and may offer military assistance. …read more Source: The West...
Arming Ukraine could lead to nuclear war: Lech Walesa (AFP)
Krynica (Poland) (AFP) – European military assistance to Ukraine could lead to a nuclear conflict between Russia and NATO, according to Poland’s iconic cold warrior and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lech Walesa. …read more Source: The West...
First MH17 crash report due in next two weeks: investigators (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Dutch air crash investigators said Tuesday an initial report into what brought down flight MH17 in Ukraine will be released “this week or the next.” …read more Source: The West...
Russia repeating Georgia and Moldova formula in Ukraine: analysts (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia aims to employ the well-tested strategy it used to destabilise its neighbours Georgia and Moldova, and with separatists gaining ground it looks like Moscow will succeed again, analysts said. …read more Source: The West...
