Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine serviceman killed in Kiev car blast (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A suspected car bombing in Kiev on Tuesday killed a Ukrainian soldier in an incident classified as a “terrorist act” by police, the interior ministry said. …read more Source: The West...
FRANCE – UKRAINE: HOW TO END THE WAR IN DONBAS?
French President Emmanuel Macron said on June 26 he saw no better way of negotiating an end to the Ukraine conflict than through the Minsk agreements. The meeting between the Ukrainian and French Presidents today was primarily dedicated to the sit…(Під час переговорів Президента України Петра Порошенка з Президентом Франції Еммануелем...
Macron says France will not recognise Crimea ‘annexation’ (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – President Emmanuel Macron said Monday France refuses to recognise Russia’s “annexation” of the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea. …read more Source: The West...
THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UKRAINIAN INSURGENT ARMY – UPA: TWO TRUTHS DO NOT EXIST
Part 1. Around the world, Ukrainians are observing the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), the legendary fighters of the 1940s and 1950s who bravely fought for the freedom of Ukraine. On June 25, 2017 the Ukrain…(Частина 1. Українці всього світу цьогоріч відзначають 75-ту річницю з часу заснування...
Elves v trolls: How Europe is working to expose Russian meddling
Researchers in Britain, France, Germany, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Finland, Sweden, Ukraine, Latvia and Slovakia are working against Russia’s “weaponised information”. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Putin visits annexed Crimea, triggering Kiev protest (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday visited Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula Moscow annexed in 2014, a trip quickly denounced by Kiev as a violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty. …read more Source: The West...
US slams Russian intimidation of OSCE in Ukraine (AFP)
Washington (AFP) – The United States on Thursday accused pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine of a campaign of “violence and harassment” against unarmed OSCE teams monitoring the conflict. …read more Source: The West...
EU leaders agree to roll over Russia economic sanctions (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – EU leaders agreed Thursday to roll over damaging economic sanctions against Russia for another six months because Moscow has failed to meet its Ukraine ceasefire commitments, EU president Donald Tusk said. …read more Source: The West...
New East Ukraine ceasefire set for Saturday: separatists (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A fresh ceasefire between pro-Russian separatists entrenched in eastern Ukraine and Ukrainian forces will come into force this weekend, Ukraine and the separatists said Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
Russia cancels US meeting over Ukraine sanctions (AFP)
Washington (AFP) – Russia has canceled a meeting with senior US diplomats in the wake of Washington’s decision to reinforce sanctions imposed over its interference in Ukraine and occupation of Crimea. …read more Source: The West...