Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine’s old guard plagued by mystery deaths (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Tragedy, foul play or fear of prosecution? A spate of mystery suicides by allies of Ukraine’s deposed president Viktor Yanukovych has been called all three. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine says ‘de-escalation’ in conflict
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has confirmed a “gradual de-escalation” in fighting a month after a ceasefire agreement came into effect. …read more Source:...
Ukraine leader reports ‘de-escalation’ in fighting with separatists (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko reported Friday a “gradual de-escalation” in the conflict between government forces and pro-Russian separatists in the country’s east as Kiev received the first tranche in a multi-billion-dollar IMF bailout. …read more Source: The West...
Waiting game in Ukraine as ceasefire holds (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said he’d spent more enjoyable evenings. …read more Source: The West...
Beleaguered Ukraine receives first $5bn tranche of IMF loan (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Cash-strapped Ukraine on Friday received the first $5 billion tranche of an International Monetary Fund bailout as it began talks with foreign creditors on restructuring its debt. …read more Source: The West...
EU unlikely to extend Russia sanctions next week: official (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – EU leaders are unlikely to decide at a summit next week to extend economic sanctions against Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, which expire in July, a European official said Friday. …read more Source: The West...
Russian envoy: Aggression in Baltics, Poland not possible
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ” Russia’s ambassador to Poland says it’s “not possible” for Russia to repeat the incursion it made into Ukraine in the Baltic states or in Poland.Ambassador Sergei Andreyev told Polish Radio 1 late Thursday… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ex-Japan PM: Crimea vote was legitimate
MOSCOW (AP) ” A former Japanese prime minister whose visit to Crimea brought harsh criticism at home says he’s convinced that the referendum leading to the peninsula’s annexation by Russia was legitimate.Yukio Hatoyama’s trip to… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Bowler throws grenade instead of ball in Ukraine, 2 injured
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Two people have been injured while bowling in a rebel-controlled area of east Ukraine after a player rolled a grenade instead of a ball.A separatist-run news agency cited emergency services official Sergei Ivanushkin… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine receives first $5 bn tranche of IMF loan (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Friday received the first $5 billion tranche of the International Monetary Fund’s bailout for its troubled economy, the finance ministry said. …read more Source: The West...
