Section: Channel NewsAsia (Singapore)
Shelling traps 500 coal miners in war-torn east Ukraine
A pro-rebel regional news site quoted a ministry official as saying that the lives of the miners are not in danger and that the first evacuation had already begun. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine fighting kills 9 as child evacuations planned
Fighting in Ukraine’s war-torn east has killed at least seven soldiers over the last 24 hours, with rebels firing more than a hundred times, the army said Monday (Jan 26). …read more Source: Channel...
Obama ramps up pressure on Russia after deadly Ukraine blitz
US President Barack Obama vows to ramp up pressure on Russia after rocket attacks blamed on Kremlin-backed Ukrainian rebels kill 30 and injure 95 others. …read more Source: Channel...
EU, NATO call on Russia to end support of Ukraine rebels
The EU and NATO called on Russia to end its support for rebels in Ukraine, with Brussels mulling an emergency meeting after a major escalation of the fighting. …read more Source: Channel...
EU mulls emergency meeting over Russia-Ukraine conflict
The EU is considering an emergency meeting to discuss the Russia-Ukraine conflict after rocket attacks killed at least 30 people in Ukraine’s strategic Maruipol port. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine rebels announce new offensive as rockets kill 30
Pro-Kremlin rebels announced a major new offensive after Grad rocket fire killed at least 30 people in a strategic government-held Ukrainian port linking separatist territory with Crimea. …read more Source: Channel...
Dutch to collect more remains from MH17 Ukraine crash
A Dutch team is to return to the MH17 crash site in Ukraine to collect more remains of the 298 people killed when the Malaysia Airlines Boeing crashed in July, officials said. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine cedes airport on one of bloodiest days of war
Ukrainian forces on Thursday (Jan 22) abandoned their defence of a long-disputed airport in the country’s separatist east and vowed a response to Russia’s escalating “aggression” in one of the deadliest days of the nine-month war. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine troops abandon airport in bloody day of conflict
Ukrainian forces on Thursday (Jan 22) abandoned their defence of a long-disputed airport in the country’s separatist east and vowed a response to Russia’s escalating “aggression” in one of the deadliest days of the nine-month war. …read more Source: Channel...
Bloody bus attack in Ukraine as troops abandon airport
The violence came only hours after peace talks in Berlin called for a ceasefire and as the toll from the conflict surpassed 5,000 dead, with a million people also forced from their homes. …read more Source: Channel...
