Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Ukraine urges US, EU to press Russia over jailed pilot (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called on Washington and Brussels on Monday to step up pressure on Moscow to secure the release of a hunger-striking Ukrainian pilot from a Russian jail. …read more Source: The West...
Pipe dreams – Gazprom courts southern Europe to exclude Ukraine (Reuters)
By Oleg Vukmanovic and Stephen Jewkes MILAN (Reuters) – Russia’s Gazprom is counting on its deep natural gas ties with Italy to revive plans aimed at bypassing Ukraine … …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainians pelt Russia embassy with eggs, demand pilot’s release (AFP)
KIEV (Ukraine) (AFP) – Hundreds of Ukrainian protesters gathered outside the Russian embassy in Kiev on Sunday to demand the release of a hunger-striking Ukrainian pilot, and pelted the mission with eggs. …read more Source: The West...
Hunger-striking Ukrainian pilot in ‘satisfactory condition’ (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – A jailed female Ukrainian pilot, who this week rejected food and water to protest delays in her controversial murder trial in Russia, is in “satisfactory condition,” her lawyer said Sunday. …read more Source: The West...
Fresh French-German push for Ukraine rebel polls flounders (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A fresh European push to resolve one of its bloodiest crises in decades floundered when Ukraine and Russia said Friday they could not agree on polls in areas under the control of pro-Moscow separatists. …read more Source: The West...
Lavrov says ‘no consensus’ over polls in rebel east Ukraine (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that “no consensus” has been reached over the timing of polls in rebel-held east Ukraine, after France and Germany pushed for elections to be held by the end of July. …read more Source: The West...
Kiev, Moscow agree to hold vote in east Ukraine by end July: French FM (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – The foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France agreed Thursday that elections should be held in eastern Ukraine by the end of July, France’s Jean-Marc Ayrault said. …read more Source: The West...
France, Germany demand ‘real progress’ on Ukraine peace talks (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – France and Germany expect “real progress” from Ukraine and Russia on resolving the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Thursday ahead of talks between the four countries in Paris. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine confirms defence against Russia eurobond lawsuit at London court – Finance Ministry (Reuters)
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine has confirmed with a London court its intention to defend itself against a lawsuit brought by Russia over a $3 billion (£2.1 billion) Eurobond, the Ukrainian finance ministry… …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine pilot Savchenko stages hunger strike protest during trial (AFP)
Donetsk (Russia) (AFP) – Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who is standing trial over the killing of two Russian journalists in war-torn Ukraine, announced in court on Thursday that she was going on hunger strike and would refuse both food and water. …read more Source: The West...
