Section: Australia&NZ
Kiev says Russia has 7,500 troops in Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Russia has 7,500 troops in the east of the country, where pro-Moscow separatists have been fighting government troops for months, Ukraine’s defence minister said. …read more Source: The West...
Tensions flare at first anniversary of Ukraine protest memorial
Thousands have gathered on Kiev’s Independence Square on the first anniversary of the start of the protests that eventually led to the toppling of the then president Viktor Yanukovych. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Yatsenyuk to remain Ukraine PM in coalition: president (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk will keep his post to lead a new coalition government after a deal between the country’s pro-Western parties, President Petro Poroshenko said Friday. …read more Source: The West...
Biden urges Russia to uphold east Ukraine truce
US Vice President Joe Biden has criticised Russia for its role in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Television New...
Ukraine coalition agrees to make NATO membership a priority (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s pro-Western political parties on Friday agreed to make joining NATO a priority in a coalition deal that will give them a parliamentary majority. …read more Source: The West...
Polish, British troops hold exercise
SWIETOSZOW, Poland (AP) ” Some 2,200 Polish and British troops are taking part in joint tactical training this month that is part of NATO’s reaction to the conflict between Ukraine and Russia.Some of the troops took part in the… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine’s Facebook revolution, 1 year later
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukraine’s revolution began with a status update on Facebook.Angered by another high-handed move by an increasingly unpopular government, activist reporter Mustafa Nayyem called for a rally on the country’s most… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
A year after Kiev protests, Ukraine vanishes in rebel east (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – The symbols of Ukraine have been hidden somewhere in the school in the country’s war-torn east — but the headmistress will not say exactly where. …read more Source: The West...
Runaway Ukrainian billionaire given Serb passport
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) ” Serbia says it will revoke its citizenship granted to Ukrainian businessman Sergei Kurchenko, sanctioned by the European Union and wanted in his country on embezzlement charges.The Belgrade Blic daily said… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Biden calls on Russia to uphold east Ukraine truce
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Vice President Joe Biden says Russia must uphold its end of a truce in east Ukraine in order to resolve the conflict which has claimed at least 4,300 lives since March.Biden met with Ukrainian President Petro… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
