Section: ABC News (Australia)
Ukrainian president confirms heavy weapons withdrawal
Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko says pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine have withdrawn a significant amount of weaponry in accordance with a ceasefire deal. …read more Source: ABC...
Vladimir Putin reveals giving secret order to seize Crimea
Vladimir Putin has revealed the moment he says he gave the secret order for Russia’s annexation of Crimea and described how Russian troops were ready to fight to rescue Ukraine’s deposed, pro-Moscow president. …read more Source: ABC...
Day of mourning to mark east Ukraine mine disaster
Ukraine observes a day of mourning after 32 miners perished in a blast in a notoriously dangerous mine, just a few kilometres from the front line where Kiev is reporting an increase in attacks by pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: ABC...
More than 30 killed in coal mine blast in Ukraine
More than 30 people are killed in an explosion at a coal mine in the separatist stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, a local official says. …read more Source: ABC...
More than 30 killed in coal mine blast in Ukraine
More than 30 people are killed in an explosion at a coal mine in the separatist stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, a local official says. …read more Source: ABC...
MH17 families view plane wreckage at Dutch base
The families of those killed in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine have viewed the plane’s wreckage for the first time at a Dutch air base, investigators say. …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine death toll soars past 6,000 says UN
A United Nations (UN) report says there is “merciless devastation of civilian lives and infrastructure” and possible crimes against humanity in Ukraine as the death toll from the conflict climbs to more than 6,000. …read more Source: ABC...
US says still no compliance with Ukraine ceasefire
Russia and pro-Moscow rebels in Ukraine remain far from meeting the terms of a tattered ceasefire deal, US secretary of state John Kerry says. …read more Source: ABC...
Russian president Vladimir Putin says war with Ukraine ‘unlikely’
Russian president Vladimir Putin says war with neighbouring Ukraine is unlikely, despite claims Russia has broken the fragile European-brokered ceasefire deal by opening fire on Ukrainian military personnel. …read more Source: ABC...
Blast kills two at march in east Ukraine city of Kharkiv
An explosion kills two people and wounds 11 in Ukraine’s government-controlled eastern city of Kharkiv, officials say. …read more Source: ABC...
