Section: Australia&NZ
Putin describes secret operation to seize Crimea (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin has revealed the moment he says he gave the secret order for Russia’s annexation of Crimea and described how Russian troops were ready to fight to rescue Ukraine’s deposed, pro-Moscow president. …read more Source: The West...
Swiss firm sells camouflage nets to sanctions-hit Russia (AFP)
Geneva (AFP) – Russia has acquired high-tech camouflage netting from Switzerland for a record 85 million euros, having placed the order before Bern imposed sanctions against Moscow over the Ukraine conflict, reports said Sunday. …read more Source: The West...
Boom in journalist drone use flies into legal obstacles (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – Flying over the flaming barricades of the Maidan protests in Kiev, the camps of Auschwitz or hurtling down a ski slope — drones have become a vital tool for cameramen, but they are increasingly running into legal and practical obstacles. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine industry seeks ties with West, but buckles in crisis
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Volodymyr Kuzovkin’s office is less than 50 miles from the European Union, but for him and his factory, the EU is a world away.Despite Ukraine’s desperation to integrate with Europe, a desire so strong it sparked… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine rebels insist heavy weapons withdrawn from front line
Under the terms of the European-brokered, Russian-backed truce, both sides to Ukraine’s 11-month conflict must move their artillery back far enough to create a buffer zone of between 50 kilometres and 140 kilometres, depending on the weapons’ range. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine rebels say heavy weapons out
Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine claim to have completed a ceasefire deal, saying this is the last day of withdrawal. …read more Source:...
Rebel pageant: Ukrainian fighters trade in boots for heels
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) ” Trading in their combat boots and fatigues for high heels and ball gowns, female rebel fighters who normally fight Ukrainian soldiers have taken the day off to take part in a beauty pageant.The event was… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine claims completing weapons pullback
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukraine’s military says it is completing its pullback of heavy weapons under the terms of a peace agreement aimed at ending the war with separatist rebels that has killed more than 6,000 people.An internationally… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
East Ukraine rebels say heavy weapons pullback complete (AFP)
Snizhne (Ukraine) (AFP) – Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine claimed Saturday to have completed their withdrawal of heavy weapons, in line with a February ceasefire deal. …read more Source: The West...
Families of buried Ukraine miners accuse management
Emotions are running high among mourners in east Ukraine after laying to rest some of 33 miners killed in an apparent gas blast. …read more Source:...
