Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Ukraine opens high-stakes trial of captured Russians (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Tuesday launched the criminal trial of two captured Russian soldiers it claims will prove Moscow’s direct but covert involvement the conflict in the war-torn former Soviet state. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainian pilot tells court she was smuggled into Russia (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...
Kiev opens politically-charged trial of Russian troops (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Tuesday began hearing a case against two Russian soldiers it claims will prove Moscow’s direct involvement the conflict in the war-torn former Soviet state. …read more Source: The West...
Kiev opens trial of ‘Russian soldiers’ (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Tuesday began hearing a case against two alleged Russian soldiers it claims will prove Moscow’s direct involvement the conflict in the war-torn former Soviet state. …read more Source: The West...
Russia closes airspace to Ukraine airlines from Oct 25 (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia on Monday said it would close its airspace to Ukrainian airlines from October 25 in reprisal for a ban that Ukraine has slapped on two Russian firms. …read more Source: The West...
Bishop in thick of UN talks on Syria (AAP)
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop is representing Australia at the United Nations General Assembly where Syria, Iraq and Ukraine will figure high on the agenda. …read more Source: The West...
Netherlands to repatriate more MH17 bodies (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – The Dutch government said Friday it would repatriate more remains of victims from last year’s Malaysia Airlines MH17 air crash over Ukraine, as it prepared to publish a report into the cause. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine bans Russian airlines as part of war sanctions (Reuters)
By Pavel Polityuk KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine is banning flights by Russian airlines from Oct. 25 as part of a wave of sanctions against Russia over its support for separatists in the east… …read more Source: The West...
Global aid groups voice outrage at ban by Ukraine rebels (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Global relief organisations voiced outrage and disbelief on Friday over Ukrainian separatists’ decision to ban 10 Western health groups for “grave violations” of local laws. …read more Source: The West...
Global aid groups express outrage at ban by Ukraine rebels (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Global relief organisations voiced outrage and disbelief on Friday over Ukrainian separatists’ decision to ban 10 Western health groups for “grave violations of local laws”. …read more Source: The West...
