Section: News24 (South Africa)
News24.com | UN: Russia-backed rebels in Ukraine expel aid agencies
The UN refugee agency has criticised Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine for shutting the door on international aid, while the rebels themselves said the ban was instituted to restore order. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Ukraine, Nato strengthen collaboration
Ukraine and the Western military alliance Nato have signed a series of documents to strengthen their collaboration as their leaders meet in Kiev. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Ukraine rebels target global health relief groups
Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebels have accused Doctors Without Borders and the Red Cross of “illegally” storing powerful drugs, which could complicate the humanitarian groups’ efforts to help victims of the 17-month separatist war. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Warning for instigators of deadly Kiev clashes
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said those behind deadly Kiev clashes that erupted after a vote on autonomy for separatist eastern regions, deserved severe punishment, calling the violence a “stab in the back”. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Ukrainian kids go to military camp
More than 100 Ukrainian schoolchildren will have unusual tales to tell their mates when classes resume, after spending part of their summer vacations undergoing training by the National Guard. …read more Source:...
News24.com | 8 killed in fresh Ukraine clashes
Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels have reported the death of eight people in fresh clashes that erupted despite ongoing talks on a new truce agreement for the separatist east. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Ukraine granted debt relief
Ukraine has secured an agreement with Western creditors to restructure around $18bn of bonds, the Finance Ministry says. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Ukraine’s Poroshenko vows to increase troops to fend off rebel attacks
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has vowed to increase troop numbers to fend off attacks by Russia-backed separatist rebels, and warned his countrymen that there is still the threat of a “large-scale invasion”. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Military pressure on Ukraine ‘will last decades’
Military pressure on Ukraine from Russia and the separatists that Moscow supports is likely to last decades and future generations will have to undergo military training. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Russia suggests Ukraine readying new offensive after bloody weekend
Russia’s foreign minister says that a surge in fighting near Ukraine’s south-eastern port city of Mariupol is a likely harbinger of a Ukrainian military offensive eastward into rebel-held territory. …read more Source:...
