Section: News24 (South Africa)
News24.com | Ukraine rebels fire rocket launchers again
Ukrainian military officials say that separatist rebels in the east have resumed the use of rocket launchers that should have been withdrawn under a February peace deal. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Putin says ‘no regrets’ on Crimea
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he has no regrets over Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and that it was righting a historical injustice. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Ukraine marks 29 years since Chernobyl disaster
Ukrainians have marked 29 years since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, laying wreaths and candles near the plant. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Ukraine aims to prevent Russian attacks at WW2 commemorations
Ukraine is planning an operation involving tens of thousands of police to guard against any attack by separatists or Russian agents during World War Two commemorations next month. …read more Source:...
News24.com | US starts training Ukraine forces
US paratroopers have launched a training mission for Ukrainian government forces who will fight separatists in the east. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Obama, Italian PM Renzi to meet at White House
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is getting an audience with President Barack Obama at the White House to compare notes on a range of issues, including Ukraine, Libya and ISIS. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Dutch team find more remains at Ukraine MH17 crash site
Dutch investigators have recovered more body parts at the MH17 plane crash site in Ukraine after searching a location that was previously inaccessible. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Ukraine’s disabled condemned to life in institutions
An international rights group has said that growing numbers of disabled children in Ukraine are being condemned to life in orphanages and institutions blighted by neglect and abuse. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Ukraine villagers plead for peace
Reduced to drinking rainwater, their houses rattled by artillery blasts despite a ceasefire, villagers on the frontline of Ukraine’s eastern conflict are pleading for the forces to withdraw. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Fighting in eastern Ukraine rages overnight, despite talks
Fighting has raged overnight on the outskirts of the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine despite an agreement reached by the Ukrainian and Russian foreign ministers. …read more Source:...
