Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Savchenko: Ukraine’s defiant symbol of resistance to Russia (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who was freed from jail in Russia as part of a prisoner exchange on Wednesday, has been condemned by Moscow as a murderer but is viewed by many in her Western-friendly country as a national hero. …read more Source: The West...
Seven Ukrainian soldiers killed in war-torn east (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Seven Ukrainian soldiers have died in the war-torn east over the past 24 hours, the biggest casualty toll in a single day this year, Kiev said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The West...
Crimean Tatars celebrate Eurovision win (AP)
While Ukrainians celebrate their Eurovision victory, many Russians feel the vote was political and the winning song a barb at them. …read more Source: The West...
Jubilant Ukraine hails ‘unbelievable’ Eurovision victory (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Jubilant Ukrainians erupted in celebration Sunday after Jamala won the Eurovision Song Contest with a powerful tribute to her Tatar people’s deportation from Russian-annexed Crimea in 1944. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine interior minister slams journalists accredited with rebels (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s interior minister on Saturday lambasted reporters who were accredited by pro-Russian rebels to cover fighting in the country’s east, after their details were leaked by hackers. …read more Source: The West...
EU sanctions mooted amid DR Congo crackdown (AFP)
Kinshasa (AFP) – Britain warned Friday it may seek EU sanctions over “acts of repression” in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as police clashed with supporters of a key opposition leader accused of hiring foreign mercenaries. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine picks president’s ally as prosecutor after bending law (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s parliament confirmed an ally of President Petro Poroshenko as chief prosecutor Thursday after ignoring EU warnings and changing the law to let candidates without legal training serve in the crucial post. …read more Source: The West...
Masterpieces lost in Italy museum heist recovered in Ukraine (AFP)
Rome (AFP) – Paintings including masterpieces by Rubens and Tintoretto that were stolen from a Verona museum last year have been found in Ukraine, Italy’s culture minister said Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
Four-way talks on Ukraine war fail to win breakthrough (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – Key powers failed to clinch a breakthrough in talks Wednesday seeking a lasting peace deal in Ukraine, with negotiations stumbling over the thorny issue of local elections in the rebel-held zone. …read more Source: The West...
Hackers reveal details of reporters accredited with Ukraine rebels (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian authorities on Wednesday launched a criminal probe into pro-Kiev hackers who revealed details of thousands of reporters accredited with the self-declared authorities of the separatist east in order to cover the war. …read more Source: The West...
