Section: ABC News (Australia)
Ukraine and pro-Russia rebels agree to ceasefire
Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels have signed an agreement on a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine which will come into effect at 6pm local time Friday.Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko confirmed on his Twitter account that envoys meeting in Minsk to end fighting between Kiev’s forces and pro-Russian separatists had signed the...
Fighting continues in Ukraine ahead of possible ceasefire deal
Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels have clashed near the strategic port of Mariupol, as envoys from Ukraine and Russia gather in Minsk to discuss a ceasefire. …read more Source: ABC...
France suspends delivery of warship to Russia over Ukraine concerns
The French government has suspended the planned delivery of the first of two helicopter carriers ordered by Russia, the president’s office says, citing Moscow’s actions in Ukraine. …read more Source: ABC...
Australia to open Kiev embassy and consider military assistance to Ukraine
Australia will open an embassy in Kiev and is considering providing military assistance to Ukraine, Prime Minister Tony Abbott has told Parliament.Mr Abbott said the “interim” embassy would support nine Australian Federal Police investigators who are in Ukraine investigating the Malaysia Airlines MH17 tragedy. He said the Government...
Ukraine forces pull back from Luhansk airport after ‘tank attack’
Ukrainian forces say they have retreated from a key airport in the country’s east after coming under attack from Russian tanks. …read more Source: ABC...
Separatists claim first attack on Ukrainian ship
A rescue operation is underway after a Ukrainian navy vessel came under artillery attack from the shore, in what pro-Russian rebels claimed as the first sea victory of their separatist war.”The militia have dealt the enemy their first naval defeat,” Igor Strelkov, a separatist military commander who stepped down in mid-August, said on...
Russia, Ukraine swap prisoners as Putin calls for ‘statehood’ talks
Ukraine has handed over ten Russian paratroops in a prisoner exchange for 63 Ukrainian soldiers who had crossed into Russia during intense fighting. …read more Source: ABC...
EU appoints Donald Tusk and Federica Mogherini in top jobs, readies Russian sanctions
European Union leaders have chosen Poland’s prime minister Donald Tusk to chair their Council and named Italian Federica Mogherini to run the bloc’s foreign relations, as the EU prepares to threaten Russia with new sanctions over Ukraine. …read more Source: ABC...
Hundreds of foreign tanks in Ukraine: Poroshenko
Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko says there are now thousands of foreign troops and hundreds of tanks in the country, as the European Union warns a “new Cold War” with Russia would be detrimental to all Europe. …read more Source: ABC...
NATO condemns Russian military action in Ukraine
NATO says it is clear Russian troops and equipment have illegally crossed the border into Ukraine, describing the actions as a “blatant violation” of the country’s sovereignty.The organisation’s secretary-general, Anders Rasmussen, condemned “in the strongest terms” what he said was Russia’s...
