Section: ABC News (Australia)
Downed MH17 flight shot down by BUK missile fired from eastern Ukraine: Dutch Safety Board
Dutch authorities officially confirm crashed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by missile fired from eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board. …read more Source: ABC...
MH17 victim’s father wants perpetrators to admit ‘it was an accident’
Dutch authorities will unveil a partial reconstruction of the Malaysia Airlines jet that crashed over Ukraine as they deliver their final report at a media briefing in The Netherlands. …read more Source: ABC...
Poroshenko says ‘real truce’ has begun in Ukraine
President Petro Poroshenko says a “real truce” has begun in Ukraine, but a long-lasting peace with pro-Russian insurgents in its east would still take some time. …read more Source: ABC...
Ukrainian leader tells UN not to trust Russia
Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko uses his speech at the UN General Assembly to rail against Russian aggression, urging the world not to believe “conciliatory” statements from his counterpart Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: ABC...
Hundreds of foreign fighters join pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine
Some call them ‘Rambo wannabes’, but for the hundreds of foreign volunteers who have reportedly taken up arms in Ukraine, the struggle against what they claim is pro-Western fascism is deadly serious. …read more Source: ABC...
Second Ukrainian policeman dies from injuries after street clashes in Kiev
A second Ukrainian policeman dies from injuries suffered in street battles with protesters in Kiev, and more than 140 people are being treated in hospital, officials say. …read more Source: ABC...
At least 90 injured in clashes outside Kiev parliament
About 30 people are detained and dozens are injured in clashes outside parliament in Kiev after politicians give initial approval to constitutional changes that grant more autonomy to pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: ABC...
Russian president Vladimir dives in mini-sub to shipwreck off Crimea
Russian president Vladimir Putin has burnished his action-man image by diving in a mini-submarine to explore a shipwreck off the coast of the Crimea peninsula that Moscow seized from Ukraine last year. …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine clashes kill 10 as fears grow of broader fighting
Ten people are killed in eastern Ukraine in a flare up in violence between government forces and pro-Russian rebels, military and separatist sources say. …read more Source: ABC...
Masked men hurl smoke bombs at Ukraine gay forum
Masked men hurl smoke bombs into a venue in the Ukraine port city of Odessa where gay rights activists were about to hold a forum. …read more Source: ABC...
