Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Ukraine army and rebels say new truce in east disrupted (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian government forces and the pro-Russian separatist rebels fighting in eastern Ukraine on Saturday accused each other of disrupting a fragile truce declared late December. …read more Source: The West...
MH17 relatives mull new search in Ukraine for remains (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Families of the MH17 plane disaster victims may push for a renewed search of the crash site in eastern Ukraine after the recent discovery of a bone fragment belonging to one of the dead. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine freeze kills 40 people in two weeks (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Sub-zero temperatures across Ukraine have claimed 40 lives since late December, officials said Friday as the death toll from the cold snap hitting Europe keeps rising. …read more Source: The West...
OSCE head calls for boost to Ukraine observers (AFP)
Vienna (AFP) – The OSCE’s observer mission in eastern Ukraine needs to be strengthened by better equipment and the ability to patrol at night, the security body’s new rotating chair Austria said on Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s military denies Russian hack attack (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s military on Friday denied a report claiming Russia may have hacked targeting software for its heavy artillery in a breach that could have helped Moscow track Kiev’s big guns. …read more Source: The West...
OSCE says displeased with ‘status quo’ in Ukraine conflict (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, which has been monitoring the pro-Russian insurgency in eastern Ukraine, said Wednesday it was displeased with the “status quo” in the 32-month conflict. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine slashes gas use as subsidies phased out (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Monday reported a one-third drop in its use of natural gas and general energy savings that will be cheered by its financial backers from the International Monetary Fund. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine bans books promoting Russia (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Friday banned Russian books glorifying the Kremlin and its leaders or espousing what it views as “totalitarian views” in a move certain to further sour relations between the two foes. …read more Source: The West...
Seeking investment, Ukraine calls off its tax police (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Friday tried to bring in foreign investment and slash corruption by temporarily banning the tax police from conducting unannounced checks on companies’ operations. …read more Source: The West...
US sanctions Russia over vote hacking (AFP)
Washington (AFP) – The United States on Thursday fired back at Moscow for meddling in the presidential election, imposing tough sanctions on Russia’s top two intelligence agencies, expelling 35 agents and shutting down two Russian compounds on US soil. …read more Source: The West...
