Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (310)
- NEWS.com.au (Australia) (203)
- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
Dozens of Ukraine army tanks, vehicles seen leaving Debaltseve (AFP)
Artemivsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Dozens of Ukrainian army tanks and vehicles were seen pulling out of the besieged strategic eastern town of Debaltseve on Wednesday, an AFP reporter in the area observed. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine rebel leader ‘recovering from injury’ (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – A separatist rebel leader in eastern Ukraine has been wounded and was on Wednesday recovering in hospital after a firefight in the town of Debaltseve where violence is continuing despite the European-brokered truce. …read more Source: The West...
Some Ukrainian troops withdraw from key town as battle rages (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Some Ukrainian troops were pulling out of Debaltseve, a strategic eastern town besieged by pro-Russian rebels, while others engaged in “full-scale street fighting” with the separatists, an official there told AFP by telephone. …read more Source: The West...
Putin visits his EU friend, Hungary’s Orban, amid Ukraine tension (AFP)
Budapest (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin paid a controversial visit to Budapest on Tuesday, showing the world he still has a friend in Europe in Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban despite East-West tension over Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Putin: Just what is he thinking?
PRESIDENT Vladmir Putin is overextended. His Ukraine powerplay is dragging on and discontent is echoing in Moscow’s streets. So why has he come out swinging? …read more Source:...
What truce? Ukraine rebels on road to besieged town (AFP)
Chornukhyne (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ducking for cover behind the walls of a ruined house, pro-Russian rebels unleash a hail of automatic rifle fire and rocket-propelled grenades at Ukrainian troops just a few hundred metres away. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine peace hopes crumbling
UKRAINE has appealed to the West to get “tough” on Russia after separatists attacked thousands of troops in violation of a three-day-old ceasefire. …read more Source: THE...
‘Surrender now’ Putin tells Kiev
UKRAINE’s army is on the brink of a major defeat as Russian-backed separatists rebound refreshed from a short ceasefire to encircle the defenders of a key city. …read more Source:...
Putin urges Kiev not to stop Ukraine soldiers from laying down arms (AFP)
Budapest (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday urged Kiev to allow Ukrainian soldiers who are encircled by pro-Russian rebels in the town of Debaltseve to lay down their weapons. …read more Source: The West...
Peace ‘being destroyed’ as rebels assault Debaltseve
Ukraine accuses rebels and Russia of destroying a fragile, three-day-old ceasefire after insurgents armed with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades stormed a flashpoint town and engaged thousands of troops there in intense combat. …read more Source: ABC...
