Section: Australia&NZ
Pro-Russia rebels release second Ukraine monitor group (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Pro-Kremlin rebels in eastern Ukraine on Saturday released a second group of European monitors after being pressed by Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet the terms of a tenuous truce with Kiev. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine conscripts prefer going home to joining rebels (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – As his now-former comrades hugged their goodbyes and wished each other a safe journey home, Junior Sergeant Pavel Stupka explained why he refused to renounce his oath of allegiance to Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine seeks concrete steps from Russia on truce (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Saturday sought concrete steps from Russia to back up a tenuous truce it extended with pro-Moscow rebels in the hope of calming a deadly insurgency sparked by its new westward course. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine accord with Europe angers Kremlin
Dealing a defiant blow to the Kremlin, President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine signed a long-delayed trade pact with Europe on Friday that Moscow had bitterly opposed. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine truce for 3 more days: president (AAP)
Ukraine’s new leader has extended a tenuous truce with pro-Moscow rebels after signing a landmark EU deal on closer relations. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine extends truce with rebels after sealing EU pact (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s new leader extended a tenuous truce with pro-Moscow rebels on Saturday after signing a landmark EU deal on closer relations and possible future membership that drew immediate threats of retaliation by Russia. …read more Source: The West...
As Ukraine inks EU deal, Moscow is not giving up (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – The EU’s move to sign accords with Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia is a major setback for Russian President Vladimir Putin, but the tug-of-war over Moscow’s ex-Soviet sphere of influence is far from over, say analysts. …read more Source: The West...
Russia warns three former Soviet states after EU deal
The Russian government has warned of “grave consequences” after three former Soviet States – Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova – signed a trade and political pact with European Union. …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova look to EU future with accords (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – European Union leaders sign historic association accords Friday with Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova as the three Soviet-era republics look to a future in Europe rather than with their old masters in Moscow. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine seals landmark EU deal as Russia vows retaliation (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – Ukraine’s new leader on Friday sealed a landmark EU pact that drew immediate threats of retaliation by Russia in its high-stakes standoff over the ex-Soviet country’s future with the West. …read more Source: The West...
