Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (310)
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- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
Nemtsov urged end to Ukraine conflict hours before killing (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Three hours before his death, Boris Nemtsov gave an interview to a Moscow radio station, condemning President Vladimir Putin’s actions in Ukraine and calling for an end to the conflict. …read more Source: The West...
Russia opposition leader Nemtsov shot dead
The murder of the Boris Nemtsov, an outspoken critic of Russia’s involvement in Ukraine, has come ahead of a major opposition rally he was set to lead. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Russia opposition leader Nemtsov shot dead (AFP)
The murder of the Boris Nemtsov, an outspoken critic of Russia’s involvement in Ukraine, has come ahead of a major opposition rally he was set to lead. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine leader says troop deaths ‘serious breach’ of truce (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko declared the killing of three government troops by pro-Moscow rebels a “serious breach of the ceasefire”, during a telephone call Friday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, her office said. …read more Source: The West...
Around Ukraine’s Mariupol displaced wary despite lull (AFP)
Mariupol (Ukraine) (AFP) – Pensioner Alla Troyan shares her room with ten other displaced people in a dilapidated social centre in Ukraine’s port city Mariupol, after fighting in their nearby village forced them to flee. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine conflict at ‘crossroads’ as troop deaths shake truce (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – International monitors said Friday the conflict in Ukraine was at a “crossroads” as further losses among government forces rattled a two-week-old truce just as it seemed to be gaining traction. …read more Source: The West...
Spain arrests eight suspected of fighting for pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine
Spaniards are the first Western European citizens arrested for travelling to Ukraine to fight on the side of pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
UN talks as ceasefire takes hold
THE UN Security Council scheduled an emergency session last night to discuss the fragile ceasefire in Ukraine. …read more Source: THE...
Ukrainian POWs comb ruins of Donetsk airport for dead comrades (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Rebel fighters with Kalashnikovs watched over a dust-covered group of captured Ukrainian soldiers as they searched with their hands through the apocalyptic jumble of smashed concrete and twisted metal that is Donetsk airport. …read more Source: The West...
Eight Spanish combatants arrested after returning from Ukraine (AFP)
Madrid (AFP) – Police on Friday arrested eight Spaniards who they said had returned from fighting alongside pro-Russian forces in eastern Ukraine, sources close to the investigation said. …read more Source: The West...
