Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Lessons of Chernobyl disaster, 30 years on (AFP)
Vienna (AFP) – Ukraine will next week mark the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, when human error and flawed Soviet reactor technology led to the world’s worst nuclear accident. …read more Source: The West...
NATO, Russia to hold highest-level talks since Crimea annexation (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – NATO and Russia begin their highest level talks for nearly two years on Wednesday, in a bid to ease military tensions over the Baltic Sea and the simmering violence still gripping eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Dutch govt narrowly beats call to scrap EU-Kiev deal (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s ruling coalition Tuesday narrowly defeated a motion calling for the country to immediately pull out of an EU-Ukraine deal rejected by voters in a referendum this month. …read more Source: The West...
MH17 families mulling lawsuit against Malaysia Airlines (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Dozens of families of those killed when a missile shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine two years ago are considering suing the carrier for compensation, their lawyer told AFP Tuesday. …read more Source: The West...
Russia opens ‘extremism’ probe into US-funded Crimea news site (AFP)
Simferopol (AFP) – Russian security forces in annexed Crimea on Tuesday opened a criminal probe into a US-funded news site for allegedly condoning extremism, searching three journalists’ homes and hauling them in for questioning. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine President edges closer to prisoner swap deal with Putin (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday said he had made progress towards agreeing a deal with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to swap jailed pilot Nadiya Savchenko for two alleged Russian soldiers. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko hints at deal with Russia to swap pilot Savchenko (Reuters)
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Tuesday he had agreed with Russian President Vladimir Putin a framework for a deal to secure the release of Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savch… …read more Source: The West...
Deal reached on Ukraine pilot: Poroshenko (AP)
Ukraine claims a deal has been reached with Russia to release its pilot Nadezhda Savchenko who was sentenced to 22 years in prison by a Russian court. …read more Source: The West...
Putin, Poroshenko discuss jailed Ukrainian pilot, Russians held in Ukraine: Kremlin (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko on Monday discussed the fate of a hunger-striking Ukrainian pilot jailed in Russia and two Russians captured and tried in Ukraine, the Kremlin said. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine court sentences two alleged Russian soldiers to 14 years in jail (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A Ukrainian court on Monday found two alleged Russian soldiers guilty of waging war in the east of the country and sentenced them to 14 years in jail each. …read more Source: The West...
