Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Ukraine rebels ‘expelled two OSCE monitors’ (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s pro-Russian insurgents said Monday they had expelled two ceasefire monitors from the separatist Lugansk region, although the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) denied the report. …read more Source: The West...
‘No margin for error’: dangerous work for Ukraine’s rebel deminers (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Pro-Russian rebel Konstantin carefully carried an unexploded shell to a hole in the earth under a tree. Laying a charge of TNT, he then blew it up in cloud of black smoke. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine rebels say MSF banned for ‘espionage’ (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Pro-Russian insurgents in Ukraine’s eastern separatist Donetsk region said Sunday they had banned Doctors Without Borders (MSF) from working in the area for alleged espionage activity and other crimes. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine PM says won’t repay Russian debt if no restructuring deal – paper (Reuters)
BERLIN (Reuters) – Ukraine will not pay off its debt to Russia if Moscow does not agree to join in a restructuring deal involving other creditors, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk told German… …read more Source: The West...
Local elections cancelled in key Ukraine city, parties trade accusations of foul play (Reuters)
KIEV (Reuters) – Local elections in Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol were called off on Sunday, prompting the ruling party of President Petro Poroshenko and the pro-Russian Opposition Party to blame ea… …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine and Russia ground direct flights in latest spat (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Direct flights between Ukraine and Russia were grounded Sunday as mistrust between the uneasy ex-Soviet neighbours boiled over into a new trade war that affects tens of thousands of families. …read more Source: The West...
Pro-Western coalition faces survival test in Ukraine vote (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Western-backed Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s fragile ruling coalition faces a major survival test Sunday in combative local elections that exclude the pro-Russian separatist east. …read more Source: The West...
Poroshenko faces judgement day as Ukraine votes without rebel east (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Pro-Western President Petro Poroshenko faces a stern test of his unpopular belt-tightening measures and stuttering anti-corruption drive when Ukraine votes in local elections Sunday that exclude the pro-Russian separatist east. …read more Source: The West...
Russia ‘tried to hack MH17 inquiry system’ (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Russian spies likely tried to hack into the Dutch Safety Board’s computer systems to access a sensitive final report into the shooting down of flight MH17 over Ukraine, experts said Friday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine, pro-Russia rebels begin Donetsk arms withdrawal (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian insurgents said Tuesday they had begun withdrawing tanks and smaller weapons from the frontline splitting the devastated Donetsk region in the ex-Soviet state’s eastern war zone. …read more Source: The West...
