Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Chaos and corruption on demarcation line in east Ukraine (AFP)
Zaytseve checkpoint (Ukraine) (AFP) – It used to take Vadym two hours to drive to see his relatives in east Ukraine but now the journey involves days waiting in the freezing cold at government checkpoints to leave rebel-held territory. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine arrests insurgents who ‘planned terror attacks’ (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s security service said on Thursday that it had arrested an insurgent group involving three Russian nationals that had stockpiled bombs and planned to carry out “terrorist attacks”, in raids that cost the life of a special forces officer. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine invites Netherlands to help probe stolen art (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian investigators on Thursday called on the Netherlands to help probe the fate of a batch of precious Dutch paintings reportedly being held by a volunteer battalion fighting pro-Russian insurgents in the east of the ex-Soviet state. …read more Source: The West...
Russia says Ukraine won’t repay debt because ‘they are crooks’, vows court action (Reuters)
By Lidia Kelly and Natalia Zinets MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – Russian officials blasted the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday for changing its long-established lending rules to keep … …read more Source: The West...
IMF changes rule on debt as Ukraine faces Russia deadline (AFP)
Washington (AFP) – The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday changed a rule that would have blocked its financial aid program to Ukraine in the event the country defaulted on debt owed to Russia. …read more Source: The West...
Kiev opens probe into Dutch art reportedly held by Ukrainian fighters (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Tuesday launched a probe into precious Dutch paintings that were reportedly being held by a volunteer battalion fighting pro-Russian insurgents in the east of the ex-Soviet state. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine partially restores power supplies to Crimea (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Tuesday partially restored power supplies to Crimea after a series of explosions during protests by opponents of Russia’s annexation of the peninsula damaged the high voltage lines. …read more Source: The West...
Turkey mulling retaliatory sanctions on Russia: PM (AFP)
Istanbul (AFP) – Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Tuesday his government was considering retaliatory measures against Moscow, with whom it is embroiled in a bitter dispute over Ankara’s shooting down of a Russian warplane. …read more Source: The West...
Cost to Russia will rise if Ukraine ‘aggression persists’ (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – US Vice President Joe Biden warned Moscow on Tuesday that Western pressure will only harden if Russia’ “aggression” against neighbouring war-scarred Ukraine persists. …read more Source: The West...
Stolen Dutch art found in Ukraine ‘risks being sold illegally’ (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Two dozen 17th-century Dutch paintings stolen a decade ago have resurfaced in Ukraine, a Dutch museum revealed Monday, warning that the works were in danger of being sold on the black market after its own efforts to retrieve them failed. …read more Source: The West...
