Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Russia must fulfil Ukraine peace deal, hand back Crimea: Biden (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – US Vice President Joe Biden said Monday the world’s focus on Syria did not overshadow Western demands for Russia to adhere to a shaky Ukrainian peace agreement and to hand back Crimea to Kiev. …read more Source: The West...
One soldier killed in renewed east Ukraine clashes (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – One Ukrainian soldier was killed in fresh clashes between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in the war-torn country’s east, s military spokesman said Sunday. …read more Source: The West...
International monitors threatened by gunmen in east Ukraine (Reuters)
KIEV (Reuters) – International monitors in eastern Ukraine said that armed people fired into the air when they tried to approach a group of howitzers near a separatist-controlled village, in an area f… …read more Source: The West...
Biden visits war-scarred Ukraine to reaffirm US support (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – US Vice President Joe Biden arrives in Kiev late Sunday to reassure its pro-Western leaders that Washington remains committed to Ukraine despite stepped-up efforts to work with Russia against Islamic State jihadists. …read more Source: The West...
Russia says U.S. refused guarantees for Ukraine’s liabilities (Reuters)
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has received an official refusal from the U.S. government to provide guarantees for Ukraine’s liabilities, Russian news agencies reported on Saturday, citing Russia’s Finance… …read more Source: The West...
Georgia revokes ex-president Saakashvili’s citizenship (AFP)
Tbilisi (AFP) – Georgia on Friday stripped former leader and reformer Mikheil Saakashvili of his citizenship as he had acquired a Ukrainian passport to serve as governor of the strategic Odessa region. …read more Source: The West...
Putin makes surprise visit to Crimea after power shortages (AFP)
Simferopol (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday made a surprise visit to Crimea, inaugurating an undersea cable project to bring a new power supply to the strategic Black Sea peninsula. …read more Source: The West...
Nobel winner Alexievich slams Russia’s trial of Ukrainian pilot (AFP)
Minsk (AFP) – Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich, this year’s Nobel Literature Prize winner, on Wednesday slammed Russia’s “political trial” of Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko and compared her to Joan of Arc. …read more Source: The West...
With fighting easing, landmines still haunt east Ukraine (AFP)
Shyrokyne (Ukraine) (AFP) – It has been 10 months since Igor last visited his home in the eastern no man’s land of war-shattered Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Russia causing ‘environmental disaster’ in Ukraine: Poroshenko (AFP)
Le Bourget (France) (AFP) – Russia risks causing an “environmental disaster” in eastern Ukraine with its support for rebel forces, President Petro Poroshenko told a UN climate conference in Paris on Monday. …read more Source: The West...
