Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine bans French lawmakers who visited Crimea (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Thursday blacklisted a group of right-wing French lawmakers who ignored warnings from Paris and paid an unofficial but highly publicised visit to Russian-occupied Crimea. …read more Source: The West...
After Russia UN veto, countries seek court for Flight MH17 prosecutions
The five countries investigating the downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine a year ago are considering setting up an independent international tribunal after Russia vetoed attempts to establish a UN-backed court to prosecute suspects. …read more Source:...
Ukraine eyes September debt repayment freeze (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s finance ministry warned Thursday it could declare a technical default in two months should its lenders fail to accept less stringent repayment terms and a possible partial debt write-off. …read more Source: The West...
Russia opens trial against Ukrainian woman pilot ‘hero’ (AFP)
Donetsk (Russia) (AFP) – Ukrainian pilot and lawmaker Nadiya Savchenko went on trial in Russia on Thursday in a politically charged case that could send tensions between Moscow and Kiev to a new high. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine hunts MH17 killers
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has vowed to continue seek justice for the MH17 victims. …read more Source: THE...
Shelling in eastern Ukraine kills four civilians, soldier (Reuters)
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists accused each other on Thursday of shelling civilian areas near the rebel-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine despite a ceasefire, with… …read more Source: The West...
EU ‘regrets’ Russian veto of UN MH17 resolution (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – The EU said Thursday it regretted as a “setback” a Russian veto of a UN resolution for a tribunal to prosecute those responsible for downing Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine last year. …read more Source: The West...
Russia opens trial against Ukrainian aviator (AFP)
Donetsk (Russia) (AFP) – Jailed Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko went on trial in Russia Thursday in a politically charged case that could send ties between Moscow and Kiev to a new low. …read more Source: The West...
EU ‘very much regrets’ Russian veto of UN MH17 resolution (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – The EU said Thursday it regretted as a “setback” a Russian veto of a UN resolution for a tribunal to prosecute those responsible for downing Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine last year. …read more Source: The West...
Preliminary hearing underway for Ukrainian pilot in Russia
DONETSK, Russia (AP) ” A preliminary hearing in the trial of a Ukrainian officer charged in the deaths of two Russian journalists has started in Russia’s south.Russian investigators alleged that military pilot Nadezhda Savchenko… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
