Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine army, rebels pull back troops from eastern town (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s army and pro-Russian separatists both announced Saturday the pull back of their troops from a small eastern city as agreed in a demilitarisation accord signed last month. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainian rebels, govt report partial weapons withdrawal
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukrainian government forces and separatist rebels say they have pulled back heavy weapons in only one out of three planned locations on the front line in eastern Ukraine.Both sides in the conflict that has killed more… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Leaked emails reveal extent of Russia’s Ukraine separatist propaganda machine
Emails provide hard evidence of how closely involved Russia is in the separatist movement at the heart of Ukraine’s so-called civil war. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
The undeclared war on Europe’s doorstep
As the world absorbs the findings on the downed MH17 passenger flight by Russian-backed rebels two years ago, Russia is consolidating its grip on Crimea. …read more Source: ABC...
Finns: The Dutch asked us to keep Buk missile test secret
HELSINKI (AP) ” Finland’s president says the Netherlands had asked the Nordic country to keep secret some tests it made with Russian-built missiles similar to the one believed to have downed a Malaysian passenger jet over Ukraine… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Moscow gallery attack targets Ukrainian troop photos (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Dozens of pro-Kremlin activists have attacked a Moscow exhibition of photographs of Ukrainian forces in the separatist conflict, defacing images, tearing down signs and forcing its temporary closure, organisers said on Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
Kremlin offers Ukraine separatists propaganda tips: German media (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine are being actively advised by people close to the Kremlin on how to conduct a “propaganda campaign” against Kiev and the West, German media reported Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine marks Babi Yar massacre’s 75th anniversary
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukrainians have marked the 75th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacre, one of the most infamous mass slaughters of World War II.Babi Yar, a ravine in the Ukrainian capital, is where nearly 34,000 Jews were killed… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
MH17 families get clear picture of tragedy (AAP)
Investigators have given the families of the victims of the MH17 disaster a clear picture of how a missile launcher crossed from Russia into the Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Luxury thrives amid misery in Ukraine’s war-torn east (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Fancy restaurants and trendy boutiques stand just blocks away from stuffy bomb shelters where survivors hunker down in eastern Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebel capital city of Donetsk. …read more Source: The West...
