Section: The West Australian (Australia)
East Ukraine faces winter water shortage threat (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – European monitors warned Friday that war-scarred eastern Ukraine faced a severe water shortage this winter because shelling had destroyed much of the industrial region’s distribution pipelines. …read more Source: The West...
Exclusive: Hedge fund Aurelius holds Ukraine debt, asking better terms – source (Reuters)
By Sujata Rao and Chris Spink LONDON (Reuters/IFR) – A hedge fund that has for years used courts to secure better debt repayment terms from Argentina has accumulated Ukraine sovereign b… …read more Source: The West...
Youths march through Warsaw on Soviet invasion anniversary (AFP)
Warsaw (AFP) – Around 5,000 Polish youths wearing military uniform and carrying Kalashnikov replicas marched through Warsaw Thursday, pledging to come to their country’s aid if necessary amid concern over Russian activity in neighbouring Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine parliament backs crucial debt write-off deal (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday backed a crucial debt restructuring agreement that will save Kiev billions of dollars and keep the war-torn country from falling into an unmanaged default. …read more Source: The West...
Crimea human rights ‘deteriorated radically’ since Russia seizure (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Human rights on the Crimea peninsula seized by Russia from Ukraine in March 2014 have “deteriorated radically” since Moscow’s takeover, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine slammed for banning dozens of foreign reporters (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine faced global media condemnation Thursday for banning dozens of foreign reporters as it expanded sanctions against Russia for its actions in the war-torn former Soviet state. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine expands list of sanctions against Russia (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday expanded a list of sanctions against Russian companies and individuals held responsible for the ex-Soviet state’s eastern uprising and for Moscow’s annexation of Crimea. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine campaigns to strip Russia of UN veto power (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine redoubled its long-shot bid Wednesday to see Russia stripped of its veto power on the UN Security Council when the global body’s General Assembly meets in the coming weeks. …read more Source: The West...
Russia jails two for pro-Ukrainian graffiti (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – A Russian court on Wednesday sentenced two young men to prison sentences for painting Soviet statues in the colours of the Ukrainian flag and daubing pro-Kiev graffiti. …read more Source: The West...
Russia puts Ukrainians on trial for Chechnya killings (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Two Ukrainians went on trial in Russia on Tuesday accused of murdering dozens of Russian soldiers in Chechnya in the 1990s while fighting with separatists in a nationalist hit squad. …read more Source: The West...
