Section: ABC News (Australia)
Pro-Russian rebels amass army sufficient for ‘mid-sized European state’: Ukraine defence minister
Ukraine’s defence minister accuses rebels of assembling a 40,000-strong army, sufficient for a “mid-sized European state”, as the West takes a harder stance against Russia. …read more Source: ABC...
Obama calls on G7 leaders to stand up to Russian ‘aggression’ in Ukraine
US president Barack Obama urges fellow leaders of the Group of Seven nations to stand up to “Russian aggression in Ukraine” ahead of the two-day summit in Germany. …read more Source: ABC...
Right wing radicals crash rare Ukrainian gay pride march injuring 10
At least 10 people are injured and 25 arrested in Kiev as scuffles break out between members of a rare Ukrainian gay pride march and members of a radical right wing group. …read more Source: ABC...
Don’t be afraid of Russia, Putin tells West
Russian president Vladimir Putin says the West should not be afraid of Russia as fresh clashes erupt between Ukraine military and rebel forces in the country’s east. …read more Source: ABC...
Ivanovic sails into French Open semi-finals
Former champion Ana Ivanovic was at her brilliant, aggressive best as the seventh seed swept aside Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina 6-3, 6-2 on Tuesday to storm into the French Open semi-finals. …read more Source: ABC...
Putin makes troop deaths in peacetime operations ‘state secret’
Russian president Vladimir Putin declares deaths of Russian soldiers during special peacetime operations be classified a state secret, a move that comes as Moscow stands accused of sending troops to fight in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: ABC...
German grandmother gives birth to quadruplets
A 65-year-old German woman who already has 13 children gives birth to quadruplets after undergoing an artificial insemination procedure in Ukraine, local media reports. …read more Source: ABC...
Separatist commander killed in Ukraine car attack: rebel authorities
A separatist commander in eastern Ukraine is killed along with several other fighters after their car comes under attack, rebel authorities announce. …read more Source: ABC...
Kiev shows off captured ‘Russian soldiers’ to media
Kiev shows off two purported Russian soldiers it captured during a gun battle in the separatist east that Ukraine’s pro-Western leadership says proves the Kremlin’s direct involvement in the war. …read more Source: ABC...
Scores of Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine: report
At least 220 Russian soldiers have been killed in east Ukraine, opposition activists say in a report offering what they call “ample evidence” to rebut president Vladimir Putin’s denial his troops are fighting there. …read more Source: ABC...
