Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Ukraine local elections will not take place in 2015: Hollande (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – French President Francois Hollande said Friday that local elections in Ukraine, planned for October, will be delayed until next year. …read more Source: The West...
France’s Hollande says Minsk process will likely not conclude by year-end (Reuters)
PARIS (Reuters) – It will take time to organise elections in Ukraine that respect international standards, and as a result the so-called Minsk peace process will most likely not be concluded by year-e… …read more Source: The West...
Leaders meet in Paris to consolidate Ukraine’s fragile peace (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine met in Paris on Friday to consolidate a fragile peace in Ukraine, as President Vladimir Putin eyes relief from punishing sanctions over Moscow’s role in the conflict. …read more Source: The West...
Leaders meet to consolidate Ukraine’s fragile peace (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine meet in Paris on Friday to consolidate a fragile peace in Ukraine, with the conflict overshadowed by President Vladimir Putin’s dramatic intervention in the Syrian war. …read more Source: The West...
OSCE says spots deadly Russian rocket system in Ukraine for first time (Reuters)
By Anton Zverev MOSCOW (Reuters) – International monitors say they have spotted a new kind of Russian weapons system in rebel-held Ukraine this week, possible evidence of Moscow’s conti… …read more Source: The West...
Merkel and Hollande to meet Putin for Ukraine peace talks (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – French, German, Russian and Ukrainian leaders meet in Paris on Friday to try to inject new life into Ukraine’s peace process at a time when global attention has been diverted to Syria. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine, rebels agree full small weapons withdrawal (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Kiev and pro-Russian insurgents struck a vital agreement on Wednesday to withdraw their entire arsenal of smaller weapons from the buffer zone splitting eastern rebel-held lands from the rest of Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine, rebels give initial backing to small arms withdrawal (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Kiev said on Wednesday it had struck an initial agreement with pro-Russian insurgents to withdraw smaller weapons from the buffer zone splitting eastern rebel lands from the rest of Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainian leader tells UN not to trust ‘conciliatory’ Russia (AFP)
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko used his speech at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday to rail against Russian aggression, urging the world not to believe “conciliatory” statements from his counterpart Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainian pilot tells court she was smuggled into Russia at gunpoint (AFP)
Donetsk (Russia) (AFP) – Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, on trial for the murder of two Russian journalists, said Tuesday she was captured by pro-Kremlin separatists and then smuggled into Russia by armed, masked men. …read more Source: The West...
