Section: Australia
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Buses to take civilians from Ukraine town after truce agreed (AFP)
Debaltseve (Ukraine) (AFP) – Convoys of buses arrived in Ukraine’s frontline town of Debaltseve on Friday to take besieged civilians to safety after both sides agreed a brief humanitarian truce, an AFP correspondent said. …read more Source: The West...
Berlin-Paris Ukraine bid aims to defend ‘European peace’: Merkel (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that she and French President Francois Hollande’s initiative for conflict-wracked Ukraine was aimed at defending “European peace”. …read more Source: The West...
Western leaders scramble to Ukraine
Western leaders have descended on Kiev in a high-stakes bid to try to calm the resurgent conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: THE...
Merkel, Hollande bring peace plan to Kiev before Moscow push (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande flew to Kiev Thursday with a new peace plan, in the biggest diplomatic push yet to halt an upsurge in deadly fighting in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine to lobby US for arms (AFP)
Ukraine’s leaders are likely to lobby US Secretary of State John Kerry for arms as fighting escalates in the country’s east. …read more Source: The West...
NATO agrees to boost defences in eastern Europe (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – NATO defence ministers agreed to immediately set up six bases in eastern Europe and establish a spearhead force of 5,000 troops in response to Russian aggression in Ukraine, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
German and French leaders will take a secret Ukraine peace plan to Moscow
Merkel and Hollande will fly an eleventh-hour bid to halt the escalating conflict, as Ukraine’s currency loses nearly a third of its value. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
French, German leaders in new Ukraine peace push (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – German and French leaders flew into Kiev on Thursday armed with a new peace plan aimed at halting an upsurge in deadly fighting in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
West floats Ukraine peace plan as US calls for ceasefire (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – German and French leaders were on Thursday taking a new peace plan to Kiev and Moscow after a surge in deadly fighting in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Russia warns US arms to Ukraine will cause ‘colossal damage’ to ties (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia on Thursday warned the United States against sending weapons to Ukraine, saying such action would cause “colossal damage” to ties between the former Cold War foes. …read more Source: The West...
