Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (310)
- NEWS.com.au (Australia) (203)
- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
US leads army drills in Ukraine (AFP)
Yavoriv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainian and US troops launched fresh drills Monday near the war-torn country’s Polish border in a bid to show unity and resolve in the face of an increasingly defiant Kremlin. …read more Source: The West...
US-led drills in Ukraine may threaten peace process: Moscow (AFP)
Moscow (Russia) (AFP) – Moscow on Monday said US-led military exercises in western Ukraine that began this week may have “explosive” consequences and threaten to derail the peace process in the separatist east. …read more Source: The West...
Controversial Russian politician named deputy in Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The nomination of a Russian politician to a top post in Odessa has caused a flurry of controversy in the tense political atmosphere of the violent Ukraine conflict. …read more Source: The West...
Three killed, hospital shelled in east Ukraine (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Two civilians and a soldier have been killed in the latest fighting in eastern Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels and the government said Sunday, with Kiev warning of a “deteriorating” situation in the rebel-held city of Donetsk. …read more Source: The West...
Russia’s Lavrov talks with Ukraine, US, German counterparts (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held separate talks Saturday with his Ukraine, US and German counterparts, the Kremlin announced, as fighting spikes in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Four dead as fighting flares in east Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Three civilians and one Ukrainian soldier have been killed over the past day in renewed fighting in the east of the country, where pro-Russian rebels are waging an insurgency, Kiev said on Saturday. …read more Source: The West...
BBC claims News Corp MH17 exclusive video broadcast a year ago
News Corporation’s so-called “exclusive” MH17 crash footage smuggled out of a Ukrainian rebel base was broadcast a year ago by the BBC, the broadcaster’s Australian correspondent says. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
MH17 crash: Ukraine points finger at Russia as families mark anniversary
Families of the victims of the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 gathered in the Netherlands to mark the first anniversary of the tragedy, as Ukraine’s president accused Russia’s military of responsibility for the disaster which killed 298 civilians, 38 of them Australian. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
France, Germany, Russia, Ukraine urge ‘respect’ of Ukraine truce (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine called Friday for a “strict respect of engagements” pledged in a peace deal to end the Ukraine crisis, the French presidency said of the first four-way talks in more than two months. …read more Source: The West...
Germany, France call for Minsk agreement to be fully effective by end 2015 (Reuters)
PARIS (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande held a telephone conversation with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine on Friday to discuss the situation in east… …read more Source: The West...
