Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine propaganda war draws in popular video game (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – It was supposed to be the evidence that proved beyond doubt Moscow’s assertion that Washington is supplying Ukraine with weapons in its fight against pro-Russian separatists in the east. …read more Source: The West...
Kiev plans Soviet ‘occupation of Ukraine’ museum (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Kiev risked drawing Moscow fury on Thursday by approving the construction of an open-air museum devoted to the Soviet Union’s “occupation” of Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
High-level Ukraine debt talks postponed, technical discussions continue – source (Reuters)
KIEV (Reuters) – Debt restructuring talks between Ukraine’s Finance Minister and a group of its largest creditors did not take place as planned on July 22 as technical aspects needed to be discussed, … …read more Source: The West...
Plans for long-reach radar to Kiev
The Pentagon wants to providing Ukraine with bigger, longer-range radar to counter rebel artillery. …read more Source: THE...
Ukrainian bus crash in Poland kills 5, injures 25
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ” Polish police say that a bus traveling from Ukraine to Warsaw has crashed, killing five people and injuring more than two dozen others.Police spokesman Marek Kapusta said Thursday that the driver probably fell… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Volunteer named governor in eastern Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has appointed a well-known volunteer as governor in one of the two war-torn regions in the east.Since hostilities broke out in eastern Ukraine in April 2014, killing more… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Interpol takes deposed Ukraine leader off wanted list (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine vowed to fight on Wednesday to ensure the return and trial of its exiled Russian-backed president after his name was unexpectedly removed from Interpol’s international most wanted list. …read more Source: The West...
Gorbachev urges Moscow and Berlin to rebuild trust (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev urged Moscow and Berlin on Tuesday to “re-establish trust” amid fierce tension caused by the ongoing Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The West...
Russia sets trial date for jailed Ukrainian pilot (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia on Tuesday announced that the trial of Ukranian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, whose politically charged case has become emblematic of bitter tensions between Kiev and Moscow, will begin later this month. …read more Source: The West...
Hundreds of Ukrainian right-wingers rally against Kiev govt
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Hundreds of Ukrainian right-wingers are rallying in Kiev to protest government policies.The radical Right Sector group was one of the most militant factions in the massive protests in Ukraine’s capital that… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
