Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine rebels go to the museum — for WWII tanks and cannons (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Visiting a museum may be the last thing on the minds of hardened insurgents in east Ukraine, but a group of them turned up at one in Donetsk — only to make off with a World War II tank and two howitzers. …read more Source: The West...
Troops may be sent to MH17 site
AUSTRALIA came a step closer to sending troops to the MH17 crash site after Ukraine’s acting PM said a vote to let them in could come next week. …read more Source:...
Securing MH17 site a ‘dangerous tightrope act’: experts (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Sending Western forces to secure the MH17 crash site in rebel-held Ukraine and protect investigators will be a perilous balancing act involving unpredictable separatists and Russian pride, experts said Friday. …read more Source: The West...
What happened? The day Flight 17 was downed
SNIZHNE, Ukraine (AP) It was lunchtime when a tracked launcher with four SA-11 surface-to-air missiles rolled into town and parked on Karapetyan Street. Fifteen hundred miles (2,400 kilometers) to the west, passengers were checking… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine could ratify Aust deal next week
A deal authorising Australian police and soldiers to help secure the MH17 crash site could be ratified next week if the Ukrainian parliament is recalled. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine could ratify Aust deal next week (AAP)
A deal authorising Australian police and soldiers to help secure the MH17 crash site could be ratified next week if the Ukrainian parliament is recalled. …read more Source: The West...
Confusion after Ukraine’s PM quits (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s political circus made an unwelcome return to centre stage as bickering lawmakers struggled Friday to avert a crisis of their own making after Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk resigned in a huff. …read more Source: The West...
Russia to deliver heavier rockets: US
The United States says it has evidence that Russia is planning to deliver “heavier and more powerful” rocket launchers to pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine.”We have new evidence that the Russians intend to deliver heavier and… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia accuses US of ‘smear campaign’ over Ukraine (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia on Friday called the latest US accusations of Moscow’s involvement in the Ukrainian conflict a baseless “smear campaign” and said Washington bears responsibility for the bloodshed. …read more Source: The West...
Finland OKs Ukraine-bound missile parts
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) Finnish customs say a shipment of air-to-air missile parts that was stopped at the Helsinki airport last month was part of “normal military cooperation” between Ukraine and Vietnam.Customs spokesman Sami… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
