Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Ukraine warns Russia of missile tests near Crimea (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine ratcheted up tensions with Moscow on Wednesday by warning the Kremlin its army intended to hold two days of missile-launching exercises near the border with Russian-annexed Crimea. …read more Source: The West...
‘No progress’ at Ukraine peace meeting: Lavrov (AFP)
Minsk (AFP) – Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said the meeting on Tuesday with his Ukrainian, French and German counterparts made “no progress” in ending the war between Kiev and pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine’s east. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine moves new safety dome over Chernobyl’s doomed reactor (AFP)
Chernobyl (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine on Tuesday unveiled the world’s largest moveable metal structure over the Chernobyl nuclear power plant’s doomed fourth reactor to ensure the safety of Europeans for generations to come. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s ex-leader Yanukovych accuses protesters of starting war (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s former Moscow-backed president on Monday accused pro-EU protesters who forced his ouster of provoking the 31-month pro-Russian revolt in the southeast that has claimed nearly 10,000 lives. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine ex-president ‘regrets’ not calling in army (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Ukraine’s ousted former president Viktor Yanukovych said Friday he regretted “not having called in the army and declared martial law” in his bid to crush a pro-EU revolt in February 2014. …read more Source: The West...
Spain issues arrest warrant for Ukraine oligarch (AFP)
Madrid (AFP) – Spanish police have announced an international arrest warrant against a powerful Ukrainian oligarch, identified by media Friday as controversial gas magnate Dmytro Firtash. …read more Source: The West...
Belarus to host four-nation Ukraine peace meeting Tuesday (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – The foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany will meet in Belarus next week to try to push Ukraine’s stalled peace process forward, Paris announced Friday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine leader confident of Trump support (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko insisted Thursday he was confident of US support, saying President-elect Donald Trump had raised the issue of Russian “aggression” with him in a phone call. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine president to push EU leaders on Russia (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will press EU leaders on Thursday to hold firm against Russia amid fears that US President-elect Donald Trump may ditch the Western coalition against Moscow. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainian teacher held for trying to sell schoolgirl, 13 (AFP)
Kharkiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – A school teacher on Wednesday appeared in court in Ukraine after allegedly trying to sell a 13-year-old schoolgirl under her care for more than $10,000. …read more Source: The West...
