Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Ukraine expands bitter trade war with Russia (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Wednesday escalated its bitter trade war with Russia in punishment for Moscow’s seeming efforts to choke off its westward-leaning neighbour’s economic ties with other former Soviet states. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine ramps up peace talks with French, German envoys (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko held talks Tuesday with top German and French diplomats that sources said aimed to break the uneasy stalemate in the former Soviet nation’s pro-Russian separatist revolt. …read more Source: The West...
With one eye on Moscow, Europe presses Ukraine on reforms (Reuters)
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union pressed Ukraine authorities on Monday to overcome political feuding and implement promised reforms as it looks to shore up the co… …read more Source: The West...
Foreign monitors under fire in east Ukraine: OSCE (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Western monitors of Ukraine’s tattered truce reported Sunday that they had come under fire during an assessment of the situation in the war-torn east of the former Soviet state. …read more Source: The West...
US, Kremlin officials meet at Russian border for Ukraine talks (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Top US and Russian officials met Friday in Russia’s westernmost outpost to discuss the Ukraine crisis amid attempts to bolster a fragile truce in the east of the ex-Soviet country, a source told AFP. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko seeks EU, US help to get Crimea back (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Thursday he wanted EU and US help in securing Crimea’s return from Russian control and vowed to regain sovereignty over the separatist east in 2016. …read more Source: The West...
Teacher’s role probed in French Alps avalanche tragedy (AFP)
Grenoble (France) (AFP) – French prosecutors said Thursday they were investigating why a teacher led a group of students onto a closed piste in the French Alps where an avalanche killed two of them along with a Ukrainian tourist. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine, pro-Russia rebels agree new truce deal (AFP)
Minsk (AFP) – Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels agreed a new truce deal Wednesday that goes into immediate effect and replaces one broken just hours after its signature at the end of last month. …read more Source: The West...
Protests launched across Ukraine against Russian cigarettes (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Hundreds of activists in several Ukrainian cities blockaded on Tuesday the cigarette distribution centres owned by a Russian tycoon with alleged links to ousted pro-Moscow president Viktor Yanukovych. …read more Source: The West...
Western sanctions ‘severely’ harming Russia: Putin (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin acknowledged Monday in an interview with German daily Bild that Western economic sanctions over the Ukraine crisis are affecting Russia. …read more Source: The West...
