Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (310)
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- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
Patriotism, adventure lure Russian volunteers to Ukraine conflict (AFP)
Saint Petersburg (AFP) – Filled with patriotic bravado and a thirst for adventure, Yevgeny Pavlenko and his friend Yevgeny Markin volunteered with dozens others to leave their home in Russia to go and fight in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Russia expert warns Western powers ‘are in the logic of 1914’ on Putin, Ukraine
In his new book, a British historian insists the West must reassess its language and strategy towards Russia – before it’s too late. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine mourns 33 victims of mine disaster (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine on Thursday observed a day of mourning for 33 miners killed in an apparent gas blast at a notoriously dangerous coal mine in the eastern rebel stronghold of Donetsk. …read more Source: The West...
Hunger-striking Ukraine pilot drinks soup as health fears soar (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko agreed to drink chicken broth Thursday as concerns mount over her health on the 83rd day of a hunger strike in a Russian jail which has seen her lose over 20 kilos (44 pounds), her lawyer said. …read more Source: The West...
Scribbled note shows Boris Nemtsov was planning report on Russian soldiers in Ukraine
A note purported to be in the assassinated leader’s hurried scrawl says 17 Russian paratroopers were killed in fighting in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Russian troops dying in ‘large numbers’ in eastern Ukraine: NATO (AFP)
Riga (AFP) – Russian troops are dying in combat in “large numbers” in eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russian separatists have been fighting against government forces for a year, a NATO official said Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
Russia denies US claim of ‘thousands’ of troops in Ukraine (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian officials on Thursday dismissed a claim by the United States that Moscow has sent “thousands” of troops to fight alongside pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Day of mourning to mark east Ukraine mine disaster
Ukraine observes a day of mourning after 32 miners perished in a blast in a notoriously dangerous mine, just a few kilometres from the front line where Kiev is reporting an increase in attacks by pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: ABC...
Day of mourning to mark east Ukraine mine disaster (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine on Thursday observed a day of mourning after 32 miners perished in a blast in a notoriously dangerous mine just a few kilometres from the frontline, where Kiev is reporting an increase in attacks by pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: The West...
Rescuers find 32 dead miners in east Ukraine mine (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Rescuers found 32 bodies of miners in the Zasyadko mine in eastern Ukraine a day after a blast ripped through the shaft, a rebel official said on Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
