Section: Australia&NZ
Passenger bus hits landmine in east Ukraine, three dead (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – At least three people were killed and six injured in eastern Ukraine when a passenger bus hit a landmine in the government-controlled town of Artemivsk, some 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the separatist stronghold of Donetsk, a police official told AFP. …read more Source: The West...
Pro-Ukraine demonstrators in Belarus assail Russian policy
MINSK, Belarus (AP) ” About 2,000 opposition activists have marched through the Belarusian capital to condemn Russia’s policy and express solidarity with Ukraine.The demonstrators carried a placard reading “Russia is War,” a reference… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine arrests officials on live TV, sacks powerful oligarch (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Wednesday dramatically arrested two top officials on graft charges at a televised cabinet meeting hours after the president sacked a powerful oligarch as regional governor. …read more Source: The West...
US hands over armored military vehicles to Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” The United States has delivered 10 armored vehicles to Ukraine as part of a military support program intended to assist the fight against Russian-backed separatist forces in the country’s east.Ukrainian President… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine president dismisses tycoon governor
Ukraine’s president has dismissed one of the country’s most controversial tycoons from his regional governor’s post. …read more Source:...
Two top Ukrainian officials arrested at cabinet meeting
Two top Ukrainian officials are arrested on corruption charges and led away in handcuffs from a televised cabinet meeting as government ministers looked on. …read more Source: ABC...
Two top Ukrainian officials arrested at cabinet meeting (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Two top Ukrainian officials were arrested Wednesday on corruption charges and led away in handcuffs from a televised cabinet meeting as government ministers looked on. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainian officials detained during government meeting
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukrainian police have detained the head of the state emergency service and his deputy on suspicion of fraud during a televised government meeting.The two officials were escorted out of Wednesday’s meeting in… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine president dismisses powerful oligarch as regional governor (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s president has dismissed one of the country’s most controversial tycoons from his regional governor’s post, his office said Wednesday, in a showdown baring the infighting between powerful oligarchs even as the country struggles to combat pro-Russian insurgents. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s president dismisses powerful regional governor
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko dismissed the billionaire governor of an eastern region Wednesday following a rancorous dispute pitting the tycoon against the government.Poroshenko’s office said in a statement… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
