Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine PM says won’t repay Russian debt if no restructuring deal – paper (Reuters)
BERLIN (Reuters) – Ukraine will not pay off its debt to Russia if Moscow does not agree to join in a restructuring deal involving other creditors, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk told German… …read more Source: The West...
Local elections cancelled in key Ukraine city, parties trade accusations of foul play (Reuters)
KIEV (Reuters) – Local elections in Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol were called off on Sunday, prompting the ruling party of President Petro Poroshenko and the pro-Russian Opposition Party to blame ea… …read more Source: The West...
Direct flights between Russia and Ukraine stopped
MOSCOW (AP) ” Direct flights between Russia and Ukraine have stopped as a result of continuing tensions over Russia’s annexation of Crimea and backing of separatists in eastern Ukraine.Travelers between the two nations will now… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine holds local elections that test oligarchs’ reach
MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukrainians are voting in local elections that are seen as a test of the strength of President Petro Poroshenko’s government and of the oligarchs accustomed to running regions of the country.The situation… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine and Russia ground direct flights in latest spat (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Direct flights between Ukraine and Russia were grounded Sunday as mistrust between the uneasy ex-Soviet neighbours boiled over into a new trade war that affects tens of thousands of families. …read more Source: The West...
Russia and Ukraine cancel flights
Flights between Russia and Ukraine have stopped amid a standoff over Moscow’s support of separatists in the east of Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio New...
Pro-Western coalition faces survival test in Ukraine vote (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Western-backed Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s fragile ruling coalition faces a major survival test Sunday in combative local elections that exclude the pro-Russian separatist east. …read more Source: The West...
Russia ‘sends special ops to Syria’
Russia has sent a few dozen special-operations troops to Syria, redeploying them from Ukraine, officials say. …read more Source: THE...
Poroshenko faces judgement day as Ukraine votes without rebel east (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Pro-Western President Petro Poroshenko faces a stern test of his unpopular belt-tightening measures and stuttering anti-corruption drive when Ukraine votes in local elections Sunday that exclude the pro-Russian separatist east. …read more Source: The West...
From Soviet to Sith: Ukrainians transform Lenin statue into Darth Vader
Just in time for the release of the latest Star Wars blockbuster, Ukrainians in Odessa transform a statue of Lenin into one of Darth Vader, an oddly prominent figure in local politics. …read more Source: ABC...
