Section: ABC News (Australia)
Merkel calls for ceasefire, Ukraine says not at cost of independence
German chancellor Angela Merkel has called for Ukraine and Russia to agree to a ceasefire during her first visit to Ukraine since fighting erupted early this year. Ms Merkel pressed Moscow to engage on a peace plan with Kiev and said success was not possible if only one side was interested in a diplomatic solution.”There must be two sides...
Russian convoy retreats amid condemnation of ‘dangerous escalation’
The first trucks from Moscow’s controversial aid convoy to rebel-held parts of Ukraine have begun returning to Russia, monitors from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe say.Paul Picard, the acting head of the mission observing the Russian border post known as Donetsk, said some of the vehicles had begun passing through...
Russian trucks arrive at rebel stronghold in eastern Ukraine
Russian trucks have begun arriving in the rebel bastion of Luhansk, in Ukraine’s east, according to local officials, in what Kiev has called a “direct invasion”. …read more Source: ABC...
Moscow orders Russian aid convoy into Ukraine
Russia has sent the first trucks of a massive aid convoy into war-torn eastern Ukraine after saying it was tired of reassuring Kiev that it was not being used to smuggle in weapons to pro-Kremlin insurgents. …read more Source: ABC...
First Malaysian bodies from MH17 crash flown home
A plane carrying the bodies of 20 Malaysian victims of flight MH17, which crashed in Ukraine in July, took off from Amsterdam for Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, Dutch media reported. …read more Source: ABC...
Kiev says two Russian vehicles captured in east Ukraine
Ukrainian forces in the east of the country captured two Russian armoured vehicles with documents linking them to an elite army paratrooper unit, according to the Ukrainian military. …read more Source: ABC...
Russia shuts McDonald’s outlets amid Ukraine fighting
Russia has ordered the temporary closure of four McDonald’s restaurants in Moscow, a decision it said was over sanitary violations but comes against a backdrop of worsening US-Russian ties over Ukraine. …read more Source: ABC...
Poroshenko, Putin to attend Ukraine crisis talks
Russia and Ukraine said their presidents would meet together with top European Union officials next week to discuss their confrontation over Ukraine which has plunged relations to an all-time low. …read more Source: ABC...
15 bodies found after rocket hits Ukraine refugee convoy
Fifteen bodies have so far been recovered from the site of Monday’s rocket strike on a refugee convoy of buses and cars in eastern Ukraine, a military spokesman said. …read more Source: ABC...
Rocket fire hits refugee convoy in Ukraine’s east
Ukraine has accused pro-Russian rebels of hitting a refugee convoy of buses with rocket fire near the eastern city of Luhansk, killing people trapped in the burning vehicles, but the separatists have denied responsibility. …read more Source: ABC...
