Section: News24 (South Africa)
Russia stands by Ukraine ceasefire deal
Russia is committed to a two-month-old agreement on a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine and wants further talks held to build a peace moves involving government forces and separatists. …read more Source:...
More remains of MH17 passengers found
Rebel authorities in eastern Ukraine say more remains have been found at the Malaysia Airlines site that was shot down, killing 298 people. …read more Source:...
Dutch to recover MH17 wreckage within days
Dutch investigators expect to begin recovering wreckage from the site of downed flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine “within a few days” and bring it to the Netherlands, the Dutch Safety Board says. …read more Source:...
Putin can’t avoid me, says Australia’s Abbott
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Thursday warned Vladimir Putin he will not be able to avoid a “conversation” over the loss of Australian lives in the downing of Flight MH17 over Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine supports peace, but ready for war
Ukraine remains committed to a peace process with pro-Russian separatists, but is rearming and prepared for war. …read more Source:...
Ukraine leaders meet to ‘re-examine’ peace plan
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is set to meet security chiefs to “re-examine” an already teetering peace accord with pro-Russia separatists after they defiantly staged elections banned by Kiev. …read more Source:...
Ukraine has options left – all bad
Ukraine’s government still has options after separatist elections showed its helplessness against a Russian-backed rebellion, their problem is they’re all bad. …read more Source:...
Ukraine separatists vote in controversial election
Separatists in eastern Ukraine are voting in controversial, Russian-backed leadership elections that Kiev and the West have refused to recognise. …read more Source:...
Nato reports Russian air activity in EU airspace
Nato said it had tracked four groups of Russian warplanes “conducting significant military manoeuvres” in European airspace over the past two days. …read more Source:...
Poland to move thousands of troops east
Poland will move thousands of troops toward its eastern borders in a historic realignment of a military structure built in the Cold War, the country’s defence minister has said. …read more Source:...
