Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Russia may cut Ukraine gas over Crimea (AAP)
Russia says it may halt gas supplies to Ukraine amid a power blackout in Crimea. …read more Source: The West...
US troops begin training Ukrainian regular forces (AFP)
Washington (AFP) – US military experts on Monday began training Ukrainian soldiers and special operations forces in the war-torn country, the Pentagon said. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine halts goods deliveries to Crimea amid new tensions with Russia (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Monday halted the delivery of goods to Crimea in a move set to ratchet up tensions with Russia, with the annexed peninsula already reeling after explosions on power lines left some 1.6 million people without electricity. …read more Source: The West...
Eastern Europe fears closer French-Russian ties amid Ukraine crisis (AFP)
Palanga (Lithuania) (AFP) – Several Eastern European countries are becoming increasingly worried that the West may abandon Ukraine in return for Russian backing in Syria, as Paris, Moscow and Washington develop closer ties in the fight against the Islamic State jihadist group. …read more Source: The West...
State of emergency declared in Crimea after electricity pylons ‘blown up’ (Reuters)
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A state of emergency has been declared in Crimea after pylons carrying electricity from Ukraine were blown up cutting off power to almost two million people, media and the Russian g… …read more Source: The West...
Crimea blackout after power lines ‘blown up’ (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Crimea declared a state of emergency on Sunday after its main electricity power lines from Ukraine were blown up, leaving the Russian-annexed peninsula in darkness after the second such attack in a matter of days. …read more Source: The West...
Western leaders agreed to extend Russia sanctions by 6 months – diplomat (Reuters)
(Reuters) – Western leaders who met on the margins of last week’s Group of 20 summit in Turkey agreed to extend sanctions against Russia for its actions in Ukraine by six months until July of next yea… …read more Source: The West...
Russia military chief discusses Syria ‘coordination’ with French counterpart (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia’s chief of general staff Valery Gerasimov held talks Thursday with French counterpart Pierre de Villiers on combating the Islamic State group in Syria, in the first such contact since the start of the Ukraine conflict last year. …read more Source: The West...
Russian food ban would cost Ukraine $600 mln next year: PM (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine said Wednesday it expects to lose some $600 million next year as a result of a food trade ban which Russia has threatened to introduce from January 1st. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine president condemns escalation as soldier killed (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – President Petro Poroshenko on Sunday decried a sudden re-escalation in the conflict with pro-Russian separatists after a Ukrainian soldier was killed in clashes in the country’s east. …read more Source: The West...
