Section: Australia&NZ
‘Nearly half’ of MH17’s wreckage still in Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A top pro-Russian rebel said Wednesday that nearly half the wreckage of the Malaysia Airline jet shot down over Ukraine last year remain strewn across fields controlled by the separatists. …read more Source: The West...
US general: Russian military presence in Ukraine irrefutable
VIENNA (AP) ” The commander of the U.S. troops in Europe is dismissing claims by Russia that it is staying out of the Ukraine conflict, speaking of “clear and irrefutable evidence” to the contrary.In a briefing Tuesday to a closed… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Putin extends Western food import ban for one year (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday extended a ban against most Western food imports for a year after EU foreign ministers agreed to prolong sanctions against Moscow over the Ukraine conflict until January 2016. …read more Source: The West...
Russia extends ban on Western food imports for a year
MOSCOW (AP) ” President Vladimir Putin has extended Russia’s ban on the import of many agricultural products for another year.The ban was Russia’s response to Western sanctions imposed last year over the Ukraine conflict. The extension… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Putin extends counter sanctions against West for one year (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday extended counter sanctions against the West for a year after EU foreign ministers agreed to prolong punitive measures against Moscow over the Ukraine conflict until January 2016. …read more Source: The West...
Viktor Yanukovych accepts blame for Ukraine bloodshed, defends zoo
They say history is written by the victors. Deposed Ukrainian leader Viktor Yanukovych has guaranteed himself at least a paragraph of his own with his latest interview. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine rebels train child soldiers in the making (AFP)
Khartsyzk (Ukraine) (AFP) – He is only 14 but already knows how to assemble a Kalashnikov rifle. …read more Source: The West...
‘Normandy’ group of foreign ministers call for ceasefire in Donbass – Fabius (Reuters)
PARIS (Reuters) – The foreign ministers of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine expressed their concerns about the worsening security situation in the Donbass region at a meeting in Paris on Tuesday, F… …read more Source: The West...
US to deploy heavy weapons on NATO’s eastern flank
The US will deploy heavy weapons in central and eastern Europe for the first time, Washington says, in the midst of the worst standoff between Russia and the West since the Cold War, triggered by the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: ABC...
Russian consumer group under fire over ‘occupied’ Crimea travel advice (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – A Russian consumer rights group that advised caution to tourists visiting Crimea has provoked a major outcry, with Vladimir Putin accusing it of serving foreign interests and authorities blocking its website. …read more Source: The West...
