Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Ukraine’s rebel miners choose lethal toil over bullets (AFP)
Shakhtarsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – “You either steal, fight or dig.” …read more Source: The West...
Russia demands loyalty or silence, say Crimea’s hounded Tatars (AFP)
Bakhchysaray (AFP) – Crimean Tartar activist Ilmi Umerov walks slowly and has difficulty controlling his left arm but his voice is strong and his eyes are piercing as he reiterates his rejection of Moscow’s rule in the peninsula, an opinion for which he faces trial. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine army, rebels pull back troops from eastern town (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s army and pro-Russian separatists both announced Saturday the pull back of their troops from a small eastern city as agreed in a demilitarisation accord signed last month. …read more Source: The West...
Moscow gallery attack targets Ukrainian troop photos (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Dozens of pro-Kremlin activists have attacked a Moscow exhibition of photographs of Ukrainian forces in the separatist conflict, defacing images, tearing down signs and forcing its temporary closure, organisers said on Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
Kremlin offers Ukraine separatists propaganda tips: German media (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine are being actively advised by people close to the Kremlin on how to conduct a “propaganda campaign” against Kiev and the West, German media reported Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
MH17 families get clear picture of tragedy (AAP)
Investigators have given the families of the victims of the MH17 disaster a clear picture of how a missile launcher crossed from Russia into the Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Luxury thrives amid misery in Ukraine’s war-torn east (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Fancy restaurants and trendy boutiques stand just blocks away from stuffy bomb shelters where survivors hunker down in eastern Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebel capital city of Donetsk. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine marks 75 years since Babi Yar mass slaughter of Jews (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A sombre Ukraine on Thursday marks 75 years since the World War II slaughter of some 34,000 Jews on the outskirts of Kiev, one of the largest massacres of the Holocaust. …read more Source: The West...
US welcomes MH17 inquiry, notes Russian link (AFP)
Washington (AFP) – The United States welcomed Wednesday the preliminary results of a criminal inquiry into the downing of flight MH17 over Ukraine, saying it supported Washington’s suspicions of Russian involvement. …read more Source: The West...
Facts about MH17 investigation (AAP)
A team of investigators has released findings following a two-year probe into the downing of a Malaysian Airlines flight by a Russian-made missile over Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
