Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (310)
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- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
AIDS crisis brewing in Crimea and east Ukraine says UN (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – A lethal health crisis is brewing in Russian-annexed Crimea and war-torn eastern Ukraine, where injecting drug users have lost access to therapy to wean them off heroin, the UN’s AIDS envoy said Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine accuses Russian troops of attacking separatist east
Ukraine accuses Russian forces of attacking its soldiers after crossing over into the ex-Soviet state’s war-wrecked separatist east in violation of a September truce deal. …read more Source: ABC...
World has duty to ensure Ukraine’s ‘success’: EU (AFP)
Washington (AFP) – The European Union has not forgotten Crimea, the bloc’s foreign policy chief insisted Tuesday, stressing the world’s “first duty” to Ukraine was to ensure it becomes a success. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainian leader cuts short Davos visit as situation ‘worsens’ (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will cut short his visit to an economic forum in Davos, Switzerland, to head home in view of the “worsening situation” in rebel-held eastern Ukraine, his spokesman said Tuesday. …read more Source: The West...
‘Russian forces’ attack Ukraine troops in separatist east (AFP)
Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russian forces of attacking its soldiers fighting pro-Kremlin insurgents in the ex-Soviet republic’s separatist east. …read more Source: The West...
Russian forces attack Ukraine troops in separatist east: Kiev (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russian forces of attacking its soldiers fighting pro-Kremlin insurgents in the ex-Soviet republic’s separatist east. …read more Source: The West...
New Ukraine talks to dampen flare-up in fighting (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – The foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France are set to meet Wednesday in Berlin in a bid to stem fresh fighting in Ukraine, Germany said. …read more Source: The West...
Deadly battle for Ukraine’s Donetsk airport flares
The airport has been the flashpoint of an upsurge in violence in Ukraine in recent days that has left a September truce in tatters, …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Russia and Ukraine bicker as separatists renew attack on airport
Russia has expressed concern at what it calls escalation of aggression by Kiev and pro-Russian separatists have renewed their attacks on Donetsk airport. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
EU agrees to stick to Russia sanctions policy (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – EU foreign ministers agreed Monday there would be no change in the bloc’s Russia policy, including sanctions, as the union’s diplomatic chief warned the Ukraine situation had got “much worse” in recent weeks. …read more Source: The West...
