Section: Australia&NZ
Odessa pays tribute to slain pro-Kiev activists and rebels (AFP)
Odessa (Ukraine) (AFP) – The southern Ukrainian port city of Odessa on Saturday held separate ceremonies paying tribute to both pro-Russian rebels and pro-Kiev militants who perished a year ago in a day of violent clashes. …read more Source: The West...
Mourners mark anniversary of Odessa fire that killed dozens
MOSCOW (AP) ” Demonstrators are laying flowers and lighting candles in front of a building in the Ukrainian city of Odessa where more than 40 people died as it caught fire in a clash between supporters and opponents of Ukraine’s government.In… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
EU, NATO try to counter Russian propaganda (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – Western powers are getting set to counter an expertly crafted Russian disinformation campaign over Ukraine which has left them wrong-footed too many times for comfort. …read more Source: The West...
Two soldiers, one rebel killed in east Ukraine fighting (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Two Ukrainian soldiers and one pro-Russian rebel have been killed over the past 24 hours in fighting in the country’s war-torn east despite a shaky ceasefire, officials said on Friday. …read more Source: The West...
Kremlin says too early to speak of Ukraine peacekeeping mission (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia said on Friday that it was premature to discuss the deployment of a peacekeeping mission in war-torn eastern Ukraine before a peace deal agreed in February is implemented in full. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainian tycoon Firtash escapes extradition to US
An Austrian court has refused to extradite Ukrainian industrialist Dmytro Firtash to the US, accepting his argument that US efforts to try him on corruption charges were politically motivated. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine rebels expel Western NGO members for ‘spying’ (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Pro-Russian rebels said Thursday they had expelled seven US and European members of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) NGO for “spying” in the eastern Ukrainian territory under their control. …read more Source: The West...
Austria turns down US extradition request for Ukrainian
VIENNA (AP) ” An Austrian judge has turned down a U.S. extradition request for a Ukrainian oligarch suspected of paying millions of dollars in bribes to Indian officials.Judge Christoph Bauer said Thursday the evidence presented… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Putin open to peacekeeping mission in Ukraine
The Ukrainian presidency says Russian President Vladimir Putin is open to the deployment of a peacekeeping mission. …read more Source:...
Austria rejects US extradition of Ukrainian oligarch (AFP)
Vienna (AFP) – An Austrian court on Thursday rejected a request to extradite to the United States Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash on bribery charges. …read more Source: The West...
