Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Ukraine asks German doctors to examine pilot jailed in Russia (AFP)
Kiev (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine said Friday it had asked German doctors to check on the health of Nadiya Savchenko, who has agreed to drink water but is still not eating in protest at her Russian trial. …read more Source: The West...
European Union extends Russian asset freezes over Ukraine (Reuters)
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union governments extended on Thursday sanctions on Russians and Ukrainians targeted in 2014 over the conflict in eastern Ukraine, keeping asset freezes and travel bans i… …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainian pilot starts drinking water, continues hunger strike (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – A Ukrainian military pilot, Nadiya Savchenko, on trial in Russia over the killing of two journalists, has started drinking water but will continue her hunger strike until the verdict, her lawyer said Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine finance minister says IMF aid delay is worrying (Reuters)
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko said on Thursday that the ongoing delay in securing a new tranche of financial aid from the International Monetary Fund was hitting confiden… …read more Source: The West...
EU to extend sanctions on individuals over Ukraine to Sept: sources (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – The European Union will extend for a further six months until September sanctions against Russian and Ukrainian individuals over the conflict in Ukraine, EU sources said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
Germany tells Russia to ‘immediately release’ Ukraine pilot (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – Berlin on Wednesday called for the immediate release of Ukrainian military pilot Nadiya Savchenko, saying her trial in Russia went against a peace deal aimed at ending a separatist war in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainian pilot Savchenko vows to continue refusing food, water (AFP)
Donetsk (Russia) (AFP) – Ukrainian military pilot Nadiya Savchenko, on trial in a high profile case over the killing of two Russian journalists, told a Russian court Wednesday she would continue refusing food and water. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainians picket Russian embassy over detained pilot (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Hundreds of angry Ukrainians picketed Moscow’s embassy in Kiev on Tuesday as global calls grew for the release of a hunger-striking military helicopter pilot on trial in Russia. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainians picket Russian embassy over detained pilot (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Hundreds of angry Ukrainians picketed Moscow’s embassy in Kiev on Tuesday as global calls grew for the release of a hunger-striking military helicopter pilot on trial in Russia. …read more Source: The West...
Netherlands ‘has all US information’ on MH17: investigator (AFP)
Bunnik (Netherlands) (AFP) – The Netherlands has received “all available information from the United States” for the inquiry into the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine nearly two years ago, the chief investigator said on Monday. …read more Source: The West...
