Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Monitors lose second drone in a week over rebel Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Foreign monitors observing Ukraine’s bloody eastern separatist conflict said on Friday they had lost their second surveillance drone over pro-Russian territory in a week. …read more Source: The West...
MH17 investigation at ‘advanced stage’ (AAP)
Prosecutors investigating the downing of MH17 over Ukraine say they’re still waiting for information from Russia. …read more Source: The West...
UN accuses Ukrainian authorities and rebels of torture (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The United Nations on Friday accused both the Ukrainian authorities and pro-Russian rebels of torturing fighters and their sympathisers captured in the separatist east. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine adopts Western-backed judicial reforms (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Thursday overhauled its long-criticised legal system by adopting Western standards that limit the immunity of judges and establish an anti-corruption court. …read more Source: The West...
Families of MH17 crew file suit against Malaysia Airlines (AFP)
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) – Families of six Malaysia Airlines crew members who were killed when flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine nearly two years ago filed a lawsuit Thursday blaming the carrier for the tragedy. …read more Source: The West...
Pro-Russian rebels accuse Ukraine of fresh offensive (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday accused government soldiers of launching a new offensive near a prized but obliterated airport in the separatists’ de facto capital of Donetsk. …read more Source: The West...
Expect no sanctions reprieve from Russia visit – Juncker (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker on Tuesday warned against expecting any announcement on the lifting of EU sanctions on Russia when he visits the country in mid-June. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s released pilot returns to parliament (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s defiant pilot Nadiya Savchenko sang the national anthem Tuesday in a strident first appearance in parliament since her release in a prisoner swap with Russia last week. …read more Source: The West...
Three Ukrainian soldiers killed in upsurge in east (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Three Ukrainian soldiers were killed and eight wounded in a fresh “escalation” of fighting between pro-Russian rebels and government forces, Kiev said Monday. …read more Source: The West...
17 killed in care home fire in Ukraine (AAP)
Seventeen people have died after a fire inside a building for senior citizens near Kiev. …read more Source: The West...
