Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Kiev completes light arms pullout from eastern front: army (AFP)
Piski (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s military said Saturday it had finished withdrawing its light weapons from the eastern frontline with pro-Russia rebels, where clashes have erupted in recent days despite a ceasefire. …read more Source: The West...
Germany, France see progress in Ukraine peace talks (Reuters)
BERLIN (Reuters) – Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists have agreed to complete a withdrawal of heavy weaponry from their frontlines in eastern Ukraine, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter St… …read more Source: The West...
Top diplomats welcome calm in Ukraine conflict (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – Top diplomats hailed progress in halting the bloodshed in eastern Ukraine but called after talks in Berlin Friday for more progress on the political front. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine snubs free travel to Europe over anti-gay law (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s parliament Thursday scuppered the ex-Soviet country’s chances of visa-free travel to most EU nations by blocking legislation that would have banned discrimination against gays in the workplace. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine rebels complete small arms withdrawal (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s pro-Russian insurgents said Thursday they had withdrawn all of their smaller weapons from a deadly buffer zone in the ex-Soviet state’s separatist east. …read more Source: The West...
Top diplomats to meet Friday on Ukraine crisis (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – Top diplomats from Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France will meet Friday in Berlin for fresh talks on the conflict plaguing eastern Ukraine, a German foreign ministry spokeswoman said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine probes ‘sniper attack’ on top prosecutor (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Tuesday launched a criminal probe into an alleged sniper attack on a top prosecutor who had been probing President Petro Poroshenko’s main political and business foes. …read more Source: The West...
Russian police raid Crimea Tatar TV channel, journalist homes (AFP)
Simferopol (AFP) – Russian police searched the offices of a Tatar TV channel in Crimea early Monday as well as homes of its employees as part of a new probe, the latest actions against the once popular network which was forced to go off air in April. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine leader says arrest of oligarch ally just ‘the start’ (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko warned Sunday that the arrest of a millionaire associate of one of the country’s most powerful oligarchs was only “the start” of a fight against the corruption plaguing the ex-Soviet country. …read more Source: The West...
‘Exchanges of fire’ at east Ukraine airport flashpoint (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Kiev and pro-Russian separatists Sunday accused each other of firing on their positions around the ruins of Donetsk airport, a flashpoint in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
