Section: ABC News (Australia)
Netherlands holds memorial for MH17 victims
A national memorial to the 298 victims who died when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine has been held in the Netherlands. …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine fighting escalates amid fears of all-out war
Residents in eastern Ukraine describe an escalation in fighting in Donetsk between pro-Russian separatists and government forces, renewing fears of an all-out war in Ukraine. …read more Source: ABC...
OSCE ‘very concerned’ by military convoy in Ukraine
The European security body OSCE says it is “very concerned” after its monitors witnessed tanks and troop carriers moving through rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: ABC...
NATO sees increase in Russian troops along Ukraine border
NATO sees an increase in Russian troops and equipment along the Ukraine border and is looking into reports of Russian tanks crossing the border into eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: ABC...
Contractors to collect MH17 wreckage
Accident investigators looking into the July crash of a Malaysia Airlines plane in eastern Ukraine say they will probably hire local contractors to collect wreckage still beyond their reach because of a continuing pro-Russian insurrection. …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine imposes passport control on rebel-held regions
Ukraine says anyone crossing in or out of areas controlled by pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country will have to show a passport. …read more Source: ABC...
Teens killed as shelling hits school sports ground in Ukraine
Two teenagers have been killed after shelling hit a school sports ground where they were playing football in east Ukraine’s rebel-held Donetsk. …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine PM cuts financial aid to rebel-held regions
Ukraine’s prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says financial aid from the central government to the pro-Russian separatist eastern regions will be stopped until “terrorists clear out of there”. …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine’s president orders troops to key cities
Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko orders new military units to protect several towns from possible attack by Russian-backed militants. …read more Source: ABC...
Russians march in defiance of West and display of unity
Tens of thousands of people march through Moscow under flags and banners hailing Russia as a great power, in an annual parade which this year amounted to a show of defiance to the West over Ukraine. …read more Source: ABC...
