Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Developments since crash of flight MH17 in Ukraine (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Investigators probing the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, shot down in July 2014 in eastern Ukraine, said Tuesday they had identified possible Russian-made BUK missile fragments from eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine vows to use ‘entire arsenal’ against pro-Russia rebels (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine vowed Tuesday to use all weapons at its disposal to withstand an alleged new pro-Russian rebel advance that added urgency to a goodwill visit by Britain’s defence secretary. …read more Source: The West...
Dutch prosecutors – fragments from MH17 site may be from Russian-made missile (Reuters)
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch prosecutors from a joint international criminal investigation into the 2014 downing of flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine say some of the debris recovered from the site may bel… …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine ‘repels’ rare tank assault by pro-Russian rebels (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Monday reported it had repelled a rare tank assault by pro-Russian rebels that threatened to shatter a shaky ceasefire and dangerously escalate the 16-month war in its breakaway east. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine reports heavy tank battle with pro-Russians (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Monday reported repelling a rare tank assault by pro-Russian rebels that threatened to usher in a dangerous escalation to the 16-month war. …read more Source: The West...
Four OSCE vehicles set fire in Donetsk in ‘arson attack’ (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – OSCE observers based in the separatist stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine said Sunday that four of their vehicles were destroyed in an apparent arson attack at their hotel. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine bidding to become breadbasket of Europe again (AFP)
MALA DIVYTSA (Ukraine) (AFP) – Oleksandr Verzhykhovskiy slips a crisp stalk of wheat through his fingers and surveys the sun-drenched fields that once made war-torn Ukraine the “breadbasket of Europe” — and now embody its economic hopes. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine: turning economic basket case into breadbasket (AFP)
MALA DIVYTSA (Ukraine) (AFP) – Oleksandr Verzhykhovskiy slips a crisp stalk of wheat through his fingers and surveys the sun-drenched fields that once made war-torn Ukraine the “breadbasket of Europe” — and now embody its economic hopes. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine slaps broadcast ban on 13 pro-Russian artists, including Depardieu (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Saturday named 13 pro-Russian actors and singers whose work would be banned from TV, radio and cinema, including France’s Gerard Depardieu. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine slaps broadcast ban on 13 Russian artists, including Depardieu (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Saturday named 13 pro-Russian actors and singers whose work would be banned from TV, radio and cinema, including France’s Gerard Depardieu. …read more Source: The West...
