Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Five Ukrainian soldiers killed, four wounded in separatist east (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Five Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and another four wounded in fresh clashes with pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country, the second biggest casualty toll in a single day this year, the military said on Sunday. …read more Source: The West...
Crimea question closed forever: Putin (AAP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin says the subject of Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014, “is closed forever”. …read more Source: The West...
German FM floats possible ‘step by step’ easing of Russia sanctions (AFP)
Tallinn (AFP) – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday floated the possibility of a “step by step” reduction of EU sanctions against Russia if there is headway on ending the conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Putin in Greek trip as EU sanctions talks loom (AFP)
Athens (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Greece on Friday aiming to reinforce a relationship with one of his few friends in the EU amid continuing diplomatic tensions with the West. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine pilot Savchenko ‘ready to negotiate with pro-Moscow separatists’ (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, freed from a Russian jail this week, on Friday said she is ready to negotiate with pro-Russian separatists on releasing prisoners. …read more Source: The West...
EU faces ‘difficult’ talks on Russia sanctions: Germany (AFP)
Riga (AFP) – Germany said Thursday the EU was facing difficult talks on extending sanctions against Russia over the conflict in Ukraine due to the increased resistance of some member states, and denied that a new Cold War was afoot. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine bans Gorbachev for backing Crimea annexation (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s security service said Thursday it had banned the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for backing Russia’s annexation of Crimea. …read more Source: The West...
G7 needs ‘clear and tough stance’ on territorial disputes: Tusk (AFP)
Ise-Shima (Japan) (AFP) – The Group of Seven needs to take a “clear and tough stance” on China’s controversial maritime claims and the Russian annexation of Crimea, European Council President Donald Tusk said Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
Putin says widows of killed journalists asked for Savchenko pardon (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said the widows of two Russian journalists killed in eastern Ukraine had asked him to pardon Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, convicted of complicity in their deaths. …read more Source: The West...
Two Russian prisoners, swapped for Ukrainian pilot, land in Moscow (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Two alleged Russian soldiers who were sentenced to 14 years in prison by Kiev for fighting alongside rebels in eastern Ukraine landed in Moscow on Wednesday in a swap for Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, Russian television showed. …read more Source: The West...
