Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (310)
- NEWS.com.au (Australia) (203)
- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
Merkel won’t attend Moscow WWII Victory Day parade (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel won’t attend a May 9 Victory Day parade in Moscow but will visit the Russian capital a day later, her office said Wednesday, amid tensions over the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source: The West...
Russia says it has the right to deploy nuclear weapons in Crimea: reports
Russia has the right to deploy nuclear arms in the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, a Foreign Ministry official said, adding he knew of no plans to do so. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
US condemns ‘reign of terror’ in Crimea, east Ukraine (AFP)
Washington (AFP) – The top US diplomat for Europe declared that Crimea and parts of eastern Ukraine were subject to a “reign of terror”, blaming Russia for a conflict that has claimed thousands of lives. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine, land of plenty running on empty (AFP)
Kagarlyk (Ukraine) (AFP) – A Soviet tank mounted on a plinth outside a primary school attests to the last time the central Ukrainian town of Kagarlyk saw war up close. …read more Source: The West...
Bread brings comfort to east Ukraine’s ravaged town (AFP)
Debaltseve (Ukraine) (AFP) – In a fresh sign of life returning to the battered east Ukraine city Debaltseve as fighting subsides, the bread factory is open again, churning out golden loaves despite a hole blasted in the roof by artillery fire. …read more Source: The West...
Japanese ex-PM defies Tokyo to visit Crimea (AFP)
Simferopol (AFP) – A gaffe-prone former Japanese prime minister arrived in Crimea Tuesday despite stiff opposition from Tokyo to a trip that could be seen to legitimise Moscow’s annexation of the Black Sea peninsula. …read more Source: The West...
US envoy denounces ‘reign of terror’ in Crimea, east Ukraine (AFP)
Washington (AFP) – The top US diplomat for Europe declared that Crimea and parts of eastern Ukraine are living under a “reign of terror” Tuesday, blaming Russia for a conflict that has claimed thousands of lives. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s military says pro-Russian rebels using truce to amass weapons
Ukraine’s military says pro-Russian rebels are amassing heavy weapons in depots around separatist-held Donetsk city despite a ceasefire deal. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukrainian president confirms heavy weapons withdrawal
Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko says pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine have withdrawn a significant amount of weaponry in accordance with a ceasefire deal. …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine says rebels attack near Mariupol, NATO deploys Baltic troops (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine accused pro-Russian separatists Monday of using mortars and a tank to fire on government positions near the eastern port of Mariupol in clashes that lasted several hours, violating a nearly month-old ceasefire. …read more Source: The West...
