Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine’s Poroshenko to meet Putin
UKRAINIAN President Petro Poroshenko will meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin this week to discuss the country’s conflict. …read more Source: THE...
Ukrainian president to meet Putin
UKRAINIAN President Petro Poroshenko says he will meet with Vladimir Putin next week to discuss the bloody conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Kiev residents sell show cats to support army
An unusual fundraiser for government troops battling pro-Russian separatists takes place in Kiev. …read more Source: Television New...
Five killed in eastern Ukraine clashes: authorities (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Shelling in eastern Ukraine’s rebel-held eastern regions killed five people over the past 24 hours, local authorities said Saturday, in the latest deadly violations of a ceasefire. …read more Source: The West...
Australia’s Stosur into Osaka final (AFP)
Osaka (Japan) (AFP) – Former US Open winner Samantha Stosur beat Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina on Saturday to reach the Japan Women’s Open final as she seeks the first successful title defence of her career. …read more Source: The West...
Three civilians killed in Ukraine’s Donetsk: city hall (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Shelling in eastern Ukraine’s rebel-held city of Donetsk killed three people over the past 24 hours, local authorities said Saturday, in the latest deadly violations of a ceasefire. …read more Source: The West...
Czech, Poland’s ministers discuss Ukraine
PRAGUE (AP) The foreign ministers of the Czech Republic and Poland say they hope Ukraine’s upcoming parliamentary election will help resolve the conflict there through diplomacy.Lubomir Zaoralek and Poland’s new foreign minister,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Netherlands says 10 more MH17 passengers identified (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Medical experts have now identified 272 of the 298 people aboard the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 shot down in Ukraine in July, the Dutch justice ministry said Friday. …read more Source: The West...
Germany, France offer drones for eastern Ukraine
BERLIN (AP) Germany and France have offered to send drone aircraft to Ukraine to monitor the country’s volatile east, but their deployment depends upon resolving the question of troop protection.Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine could sack up to million officials with ties to Russian past (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s president approved a disputed anti-graft measure on Thursday that could see up to a million civil servants with alleged links to past Soviet or pro-Russian governments immediately sacked. …read more Source: The West...



