Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Ukraine PM blames MH17 downing on Russian security service (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Tuesday blamed Russia’s security service for last year’s downing of the MH17 airliner over pro-Kremlin separatist territory in the east of the ex-Soviet state. …read more Source: The West...
Flight MH17 shot down in Ukraine by Russian-built missile, report concludes (Reuters)
GILZE-RIJEN, Netherlands (Reuters) – Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine by a Russian-made Buk missile, the Dutch Safety Board said on Tuesday in its final report on the Ju… …read more Source: The West...
Timeline of MH17 air disaster over Ukraine (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – International investigators have concluded that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made BUK missile, a Dutch paper said Tuesday just hours ahead of the official report. …read more Source: The West...
Inquiry finds MH17 plane shot down by BUK missile: Dutch paper (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – International investigators have concluded that doomed Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made BUK missile fired from rebel-held eastern Ukraine, a Dutch daily said Tuesday. …read more Source: The West...
MH17 inquiry to unveil final report into doomed flight (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Dutch-led air crash investigators Tuesday release their final report into the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over war-torn Ukraine, in a move likely to worsen already-strained ties between Russia and the West. …read more Source: The West...
Poroshenko: don’t trust Putin and ‘prepare for worst’ (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko warned Monday he had no trust in Russia’s Vladimir Putin and urged the army to prepare “for the worst” despite a new truce in the separatist east. …read more Source: The West...
Russia’s Gazprom resumes gas supplies to Ukraine (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Gazprom on Monday resumed gas supplies to Ukraine after receiving prepayment of $234 million from Kiev, assuaging European fears about a new energy crisis ahead of the winter heating season. …read more Source: The West...
Russia resumes gas supplies to Ukraine: Gazprom (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian gas giant Gazprom said on Monday it had resumed gas supplies to Ukraine, adding that Moscow had received a $234 million pre-payment from Kiev. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko says vote needed in pro-Russia strongholds (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukranian President Petro Poroshenko on Sunday stressed the need for legitimate elections in the country’s separatist regions in order to eventually re-integrate the pro-Moscow strongholds. …read more Source: The West...
One killed in east Ukraine despite shaky truce (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – One person was killed and three others wounded Saturday as fresh clashes erupted in eastern Ukraine’s rebel bastion of Donetsk, violating a ceasefire that had been holding for several weeks, separatist and loyalist sources said. …read more Source: The West...
