Section: Australia
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Ukraine fighting rages ahead of ceasefire (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ferocious fighting raged in Ukraine on Saturday, threatening a ceasefire deal as Kiev and the US accused Russia of fuelling a rebel onslaught to grab territory before the truce started. …read more Source: The West...
Georgia’s Saakashvili appointed aide to Ukraine leader (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Mikheil Saakashvili, the former fiercely pro-Western leader of Georgia, has been appointed an aide to the Ukraine president to help the war-torn country on its path to reform, officials said. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine ceasefire in doubt as fresh fighting kills 28 (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Fighting has raged on in Ukraine, throwing doubts on a ceasefire deal due to take effect over the weekend, with the US saying Russia is still deploying heavy arms and Kiev warning that shelling of civilians had intensified. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine fighting kills 28 as ceasefire looms
Fighting has raged in Ukraine, throwing doubts on a ceasefire deal due to take effect over the weekend, as the US said Russia was still deploying heavy arms. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ceasefire looms as fresh Ukraine fighting kills 28 (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Fighting has raged on in Ukraine, throwing doubts on a ceasefire deal due to take effect over the weekend, with the US saying Russia is still deploying heavy arms and Kiev warning that shelling of civilians had intensified. …read more Source: The West...
US accuses Kremlin of aiding militants in assault ahead of ceasefire
Washington: The United States accused Russia on Friday of massing artillery and rocket systems around a contested town in eastern Ukraine and joining pro-Russian rebels in attacking Ukrainian forces, calling such actions a violation of the spirit of a ceasefire agreement signed just one day earlier. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Fighting rages in Ukraine as clock ticks down to truce
At least 27 were killed in shelling before the first test of the commitment by Kiev and pro-Russian separatists to a freshly-inked peace plan. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Russia denies pledge to release hunger-strike Ukrainian pilot (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia on Friday denied agreeing to free Nadia Savchenko, a Ukrainian military pilot who has been on hunger strike for two months and become a symbol of resistance at home. …read more Source: The West...
Europe levels a warning at Moscow
EUROPEAN powers yesterday warned Russia it risked fresh sanctions if a ceasefire deal to end the war in Ukraine was not implemented. …read more Source: THE...
Propaganda war between Russia and the West heats up
The Kremlin has hired a horde of trolls to try to influence views of the Ukraine conflict in the West, which is struggling to respond. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
