Section: Australia&NZ
Ukrainian leader says Russia sent 3 military convoys to rebel east (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday accused Russia of this week sending three military convoys over the border into the separatist-controlled east. …read more Source: The West...
Hollande, Merkel to discuss EU migrant crisis, Ukraine unrest (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande will meet in Berlin on Monday to give a new push to European efforts to tackle the biggest migrant crisis in 50 years. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine leader urges unity to bring change, combat Russian ‘aggressor’ (Reuters)
By Natalia Zinets and Richard Balmforth KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called on all political forces in the country on Sunday to rally behind his plans for const… …read more Source: The West...
Kremlin critic Maria Gaidar upbeat after Ukraine switch (AFP)
Odessa (Ukraine) (AFP) – She has long been a figure within Russia’s liberal opposition. …read more Source: The West...
Putin to be notable absentee at Ukraine crisis talks in Berlin (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The heads of Germany and France will meet Kiev’s pro-Western leader in Berlin on Monday for Ukrainian crisis talks most notable for their diplomatically-charged exclusion of Russia’s Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: The West...
MH17 crash: Western governments knew risks of Ukraine overflights: report
Western governments knew the dangers of flying over eastern Ukraine before Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 crashed but did nothing about it, German investigative journalists say. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Russia court nixes bid to move Ukraine pilot trial to Moscow (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – A Russian court on Friday turned down an appeal to shift the high-profile trial of a Ukrainian female helicopter pilot from southern Russia to Moscow, her lawyer said. …read more Source: The West...
Russian court orders Ukrainian pilot tried in border town
MOSCOW (AP) ” A Russian court has rejected a defense plea to move a high-profile trial of a Ukrainian officer to Moscow.The Rostov-on-Don regional court ruled Friday that military pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, who is charged in the… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Remains of WWII German soldiers found in Kiev
MOSCOW (AP) ” A Ukrainian newspaper says Ukrainian and German servicemen have found remains of about 200 German soldiers buried in Kiev during the German occupation in World War II.The Segodnya newspaper reported that Ukrainians… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Putin warns hostile states plotting ‘sabotage’ in Crimea (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Wednesday that several foreign states were recruiting and training people to carry out acts of sabotage on the Crimean peninsula seized by Moscow last year. …read more Source: The West...
