Section: News24 (South Africa)
News24.com | Russia blames Ukraine for renewed violence
Russia has blamed Kiev for a surge in violence in south-eastern Ukraine and urged the West not to show its support with actions such as imposing new sanctions on Moscow. …read more Source:...
News24.com | UN to meet on Ukraine after deadly clashes
The UN Security Council will hold a special meeting on the violence in eastern Ukraine after a rocket barrage blamed on Kremlin-backed rebels killed 30. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Lavrov: Moscow ready to push for peaceful solution
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has told US Secretary of State John Kerry that Moscow was ready to do everything it can to encourage a peaceful solution in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Rockets kill 29 in Ukrainian city
Indiscriminate rocket fire slammed into a market, two schools, homes and shops in the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, killing at least 29 people, authorities have said. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Ukraine says ‘Russian terrorists’ launch new offensive
Ukraine says “Russian terrorist groups” have launched a mass new offensive across the frontline dividing the war-torn country’s industrial east. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Ukraine rebels say 24 fighters killed by rockets at airport
Russian-backed separatists in east Ukraine say 24 of their fighters have been killed in a rocket attack on the recently captured airport outside their main stronghold city of Donetsk. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Pro-Russia rebels cement hold on Ukraine airport
Pro-Russian rebels have cemented their hold on a long-disputed airport ceded by Ukrainian troops during an upsurge in clashes that killed at least 50 people. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Ukrainian forces almost lose Donetsk airport
Ukrainian forces have all but abandoned Donetsk airport after months of bitter battle, although military officials continue to insist they hold part of the terminal. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Ukraine accuses Russia of attack
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is cutting short a foreign trip after Kiev accused Russian regular forces of attacking its troops in the country’s east. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Renewed fighting rages at Donetsk airport
Pro-Russian separatists have renewed attacks on Ukrainian forces at an airport complex in the east after Kiev launched a mass operation to reclaim lost ground there. …read more Source:...
