Section: The West Australian (Australia)
US, Ukraine urge end to soaring tensions with Russia (AFP)
Washington (AFP) – US Vice President Joe Biden and Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko in a phonecall urged a speedy resolution to the conflict with pro-Russian separatists amid a spike in tensions with Moscow, the White House said. …read more Source: The West...
Trump’s campaign manager resigns (AP)
Donald Trump’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort has resigned following revelations about his work for a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine details alleged payments to Trump aide from pro-Russians (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian authorities have released details of payments worth million of dollars that US presidential campaign hopeful Donald Trump’s campaign chief allegedly received from Kiev’s former Russian-backed leaders. …read more Source: The West...
Putin ‘arrives in Crimea’ after Ukraine incursion claims (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday arrived in annexed Crimea, Russian news agencies reported, days after he accused Kiev of attempting an armed incursion into the peninsula. …read more Source: The West...
MH17 criminal probe out next month, say Dutch prosecutors (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Initial results from a criminal probe into the downing of a Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over war-torn Ukraine two years ago will be revealed next month, Dutch prosecutors said Friday. …read more Source: The West...
Lithuania snubs pro-Kremlin pop star (AFP)
Vilnius (AFP) – Lithuania has denied entry to a Russian pop singer known for his patriotic songs and his pro-Kremlin stance on the Ukraine conflict, officials said Thursday, underscoring tensions with Moscow in the Baltic region. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine President Poroshenko warns of ‘full-scale Russian invasion’ (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday he could not rule out a full-scale Russian invasion after the military reported the worst violence in the pro-Moscow separatist east for a year. …read more Source: The West...
EU’s Tusk says Russia ‘unreliable’ on Ukraine (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – EU president Donald Tusk on Wednesday said he and Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko believed Russia’s account of recent events in the strife-torn east of the country was “unreliable”. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainian protesters accuse prosecutors of abetting corruption (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian activists on Wednesday held a protest in central Kiev accusing the country’s powerful prosecutors of obstructing a newly formed national agency that has exposed massive official corruption. …read more Source: The West...
Trump campaign chief Manafort: Dark knight of lobbyists (AFP)
New York (AFP) – Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s campaign chairman who was thrust into the headlines this week in connection with a Ukrainian corruption investigation, is a formidable Republican strategist who spent years lobbying for rogues and dictators. …read more Source: The West...
