Section: Australia&NZ
Deal for more access to MH17: Dutch govt
Dutch experts will be able to search for more pieces of MH17 under a reported deal between separatists in eastern Ukraine and Dutch representatives. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
EU leaders to discuss Ukraine with Obama at G-20
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) ” European leaders will discuss the escalating conflict between Russia and Ukraine when they meet President Barak Obama on the sidelines of an Australian summit ahead of a European Union decision on possible… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Prospect of all-out war with Russia prompts call to build stronger Ukraine army
Ukraine’s top priority is to build an army strong enough to stop Russian military aggression, Ukrainian prime minister Arseny Yatseniuk said as he planned new coalition government. …read more Source: ABC...
Is this how MH17 was shot down?
HOURS before the G20 is due to start, Russia has released satellite images which it claims shows MH17 was shot down by a Ukrainian fighter jet. …read more Source:...
Young girl among six killed in east Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A five-year-old girl, a mine company worker and four government soldiers were killed Friday during fighting in war-torn east Ukraine, officials said. …read more Source: The West...
Georgia’s flamboyant reformer Kakha Bendukidze dies (AFP)
Tbilisi (AFP) – Georgian statesman Kakha Bendukidze — a top aide to Ukraine’s president and a respected champion of economic reforms in his own ex-Soviet republic — has died in London aged 58, supporters said on Friday. …read more Source: The West...
Putin, Hollande to meet amid Ukraine tension
PARIS (AP) ” The French president will meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in the coming days, amid renewed Western concern about violence in Ukraine and mounting Russian pressure on France over a stalled warship deal.An official… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia’s Putin denies a rift with German’s Merkel
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russian President Vladimir Putin has denied a rift with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has adopted a tough stance on Russia’s actions in Ukraine.As the cease-fire in Ukraine effectively collapsed and convoys… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Georgia’s key reformer Kakha Bendukidze dies (AFP)
Tbilisi (AFP) – Georgian statesman Kakha Bendukidze, the architect of the ex-Soviet republic’s liberal economic reforms who was advising Ukraine’s new president, has died aged 58, officials said Friday. …read more Source: The West...
Moscow gives France until end of November to deliver warship (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia on Friday warned France of “serious” consequences unless Paris delivers by the end of this month a Mistral-class assault warship whose handover has been delayed by concerns over Moscow’s role in the Ukraine crisis, a report said. …read more Source: The West...
