Section: The West Australian (Australia)
IMF chief urges holdouts to join Ukraine debt deal (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – IMF chief Christine Lagarde on Tuesday pressed Ukraine’s hold-out creditors such as Russia and a handful of Western investment houses to write off some of the crisis-wrecked country’s massive debt. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine helicopter pilot slams ‘lies’ as murder trial starts in Russia (AFP)
Donets (Russia) (AFP) – Ukrainian airforce helicopter pilot Nadiya Savchenko on Tuesday blasted Russian prosecution ‘lies’ against her at the start of a trial over the murder of two journalists that has caused outrage in Kiev and the West. …read more Source: The West...
NATO chief stops short of backing Ukraine membership (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The head of NATO said Tuesday that “Ukraine can rely on” the Western military alliance but stopped short of infuriating Russia by backing the ex-Soviet republic’s membership in the Cold War-era bloc. …read more Source: The West...
Russian court starts hearing Ukrainian pilot’s murder trial (AFP)
Donetsk (Russia) (AFP) – A Russian court on Tuesday started hearing a case against Ukrainian helicopter pilot Nadiya Savchenko over the murder of two Russian journalists in a trial that has caused outrage in Kiev and the West. …read more Source: The West...
Russia still arming Ukraine rebels despite truce: NATO chief (AFP)
Yavoriv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Russia is still sending weapons to separatist rebels battling the Ukrainian government despite a fresh truce in the war-torn east of the country, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Monday. …read more Source: The West...
NATO says Russia must withdraw heavy weapons from Ukraine (Reuters)
By Robin Emmott LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday an ebb in violence in eastern Ukraine was not enough to bring peace and demanded Russia withdraw hea… …read more Source: The West...
Russia still arming Ukraine rebels despite truce: NATO chief (AFP)
Yavoriv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Russia is still sending weapons to separatist rebels battling the Ukrainian government despite a fresh truce in the war-torn east of the country, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Monday. …read more Source: The West...
In first Ukraine trip, NATO chief tries balancing act on Russia (Reuters)
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) – With a troubled peace plan for the Ukrainian conflict nearing its deadline, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg will attempt a balancing act to reassure Kie… …read more Source: The West...
Crimea Tatars seek to block peninsula to protest Russian annexation (AFP)
Chongar (Ukraine) (AFP) – Hundreds of pro-Kiev activists from Crimea’s Tatar community on Sunday launched a blockade of roads from Ukraine to the Crimean peninsula to protest Russia’s seizure of their home region. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine soldier killed by landmine in separatist east (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A Ukrainian soldier was killed, and another injured, after stepping on a land mine in the war-torn separatist east, but a new ceasefire deal remains in place, a military spokesman said Saturday. …read more Source: The West...
