Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine declares state of energy emergency (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Wednesday announced a state of emergency for its energy sector that could result in rolling blackouts as officials try to sharply curtail electricity use by consumers. …read more Source: The West...
Donetsk residents say OSCE monitors inffectual
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) ” About 1,000 residents of Ukraine’s largest rebel-held city have demonstrated outside the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s office there to complain that the monitoring mission in the conflict… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Trump expects Russia to give up Crimea (AAP)
Russia will return Crimea to Ukraine, according to Donald Trump’s spokesman. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s economy grows nearly 5% (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine said Tuesday its economy expanded at a surprisingly fast pace of nearly five percent in the fourth quarter as it continued its steady climb out of a two-year recession. …read more Source: The West...
THE EUROPEAN UNION SUPPORTS UKRAINE
Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman in Brussels held talks with President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker. The parties discussed the current situation in Ukraine and the Government’s plans for reforms. The Prime Minister in…(Премєр-міністр України Володимир Гройсман у Брюсселі провів перемовини із Президентом...
Sharp rise in Russian disinformation: Nato
moscow_kremlin.jpg Russian state-funded media deny acting as the propaganda arm of the Kremlin.. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. NATO accused Russia of escalating a disinformation campaign since the Kremlin’s 2014 seizure of Ukraine’s Crimea region, saying Russian websites such as Sputnik and RT had posted false stories, the...
Ukrainian author seized in Belarus, ordered to leave
MINSK, Belarus (AP) ” A noted Ukrainian poet and novelist says he was seized by security agents in the middle of the night while visiting the capital of Belarus and ordered to leave the country.In a posting on a social media website,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Trump signals support for Ukraine’s territorial integrity (AFP)
Vilnius (AFP) – US President Donald Trump signalled support for Ukraine’s territorial integrity in a letter released on Friday, as Kiev grapples with an upsurge in fighting with Russia-backed separatists. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s rebel region bids farewell to slain warlord (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Thousands of Ukrainians stood in line with flowers on Friday in the separatist fiefdom of Donetsk to bid farewell to a field commander who was slain in a rocket attack on his office. …read more Source: The West...
NATO backs Ukraine as clashes surge: deputy chief (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – All 28 NATO allies fully support Ukraine as it faces the worst upsurge in fighting against pro-Russian rebels in two years, alliance deputy head Rose Gottemoeller said Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
