Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (310)
- NEWS.com.au (Australia) (203)
- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
Fleeing war at home, Ukrainians seek security in Poland (AFP)
Warsaw (AFP) – For a rising number of Ukrainians, Poland is looking like the promised land as the war at home forces them to seek safe haven in their European Union neighbour. …read more Source: The West...
Kiev threatens martial law in Ukraine
PRESIDENT Poroshenko has threatened to declare martial law across Ukraine if peace talks fail to deliver a breakthrough. …read more Source: THE...
Leaders hold Ukraine peace talks as fighting surges
The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine held peace talks in Belarus, while in Ukraine pro-Moscow separatists tightened the pressure on Kiev by launching some of the war’s worst fighting. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine and Russia begin peace summit in Minsk
Crucial four-nation talks on Ukraine begin in the Belarus capital of Minsk, as Ukraine’s president says the conflict will spin “out of control” if there is no de-escalation or ceasefire. …read more Source: ABC...
Putin and Poroshenko shake hands: Russian television (AFP)
Minsk (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday briefly shook hands at the start of crunch peace talks in Minsk, in footage shown live on Russian state television. …read more Source: The West...
US plan to send Kiev $1.3bn in weapons
BOTH sides of congress called on Washington to send $US1 billion in arms to Ukraine. …read more Source: THE...
Putin, Poroshenko to meet for landmark talks on Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin will travel to Minsk for a Ukraine peace summit on Wednesday along with the leaders of Ukraine, France and Germany, the Kremlin said. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine ceasefire negotiations continue as does the fighting
The human toll of the Ukraine conflict is rising as negotiations for a meaningful and lengthy ceasefire take place in Minsk on Wednesday. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Rockets rain death far from Ukraine frontline (AFP)
Kramatorsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – The elderly woman kneels and weeps as she recognises one of those killed when a hail of rebel rockets fell on Ukraine’s regional centre Kramatorsk, another innocent victim fallen far from the front. …read more Source: The West...
What life is really like in Ukraine
AS WORLD leaders work to broker a peace deal in eastern Ukraine, locals are trying to stay alive. …read more Source:...
