Section: Australia&NZ
Vlad the impaled: Femen militant fined for stabbing Putin waxwork (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – A Ukrainian member of the Femen movement was slapped with over 6,000 euros ($7,300) in fines on Wednesday for impaling a wax statue of Russian President Vladimir Putin with a stake, while bare-breasted, in a Paris museum. …read more Source: The West...
‘Rogue rebels’ surround Ukraine troops near Lugansk (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A “rogue” band of pro-Russian rebels was surrounding more than 100 Ukrainian troops in the eastern Lugansk region on Wednesday, the local governor said. …read more Source: The West...
Russian pullback starts
US Secretary of State John Kerry said Russian troops were beginning to pull back from Ukraine. …read more Source: THE...
NATO chief: no big Russian withdrawal near Ukraine
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) NATO’s top military commander says the alliance would welcome the withdrawal of Russian troops from a Russian region bordering Ukraine, but that it has seen no “major movement” so far.U.S. Air Force Gen…. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine politics turns trashy as mood sours
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) In Ukraine, trashing a politician isn’t a metaphor. It’s literal: Find a suspected shady official, grab him and throw him into a dumpster.Online videos of several public figures receiving the treatment from gangs… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Putin to focus on Ukraine during trip to Milan
MOSCOW (AP) The Kremlin says that President Vladimir Putin will have a series of meetings with Western leaders focusing on Ukraine during his trip to Milan.Attending this week’s Europe-Asia summit in Milan offers Putin the first… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Putin and Poroshenko discuss Ukraine conflict, gas dispute
A long-running dispute over natural gas supplies will be on the agenda when Russian president Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko hold talks in Italy later this week, the Kremlin said. …read more Source: ABC...
Dune-themed bug lets Russian hackers target NATO, Ukraine: iSight
Russian hackers exploited a bug in Microsoft Windows and other software to spy on computers used by NATO, the European Union, Ukraine and companies in the energy and telecommunications sectors, according to cyber intelligence firm iSight Partners. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Russian hackers target NATO, Ukraine
Russian hackers exploited a bug in Microsoft Windows and other software to spy on computers used by NATO, the European Union, Ukraine and companies in the energy and telecommunications sectors, according to cyber intelligence firm iSight Partners. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Seven killed by shelling near Ukraine’s Mariupol (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Seven civilians died and 17 were injured when shells exploded near a funeral procession in a suburb of the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol on Tuesday, city hall said. …read more Source: The West...
