Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (310)
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Ukraine begins mass prisoner exchange with pro-Russian rebels
Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels start swapping hundreds of soldiers under the terms of a preliminary deal agreed this week in the Belarusian capital Minsk. …read more Source: ABC...
Kiev and rebels swap hundreds of captives in peace push (AFP)
Kostyantynivka (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels swapped hundreds of prisoners on Friday as part of a new push for peace in one of Europe’s bloodiest conflicts in decades. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine and pro-Russia rebels begin mass prisoner swap (AFP)
Kostyantynivka (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels on Friday began swapping hundreds of soldiers under the terms of a preliminary deal agreed this week in the Belarusian capital Minsk. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine struggles for festive cheer
EIGHT months of fighting between government forces and Russian-backed rebels has torn Ukraine apart. …read more Source: THE...
Ukraine suspends trains to Crimea amid security concerns
Ukraine has suspended passenger and cargo train services to the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea due to security concerns. …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine, rebels try to revive stalled peace talks (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian and pro-Russian rebel leaders tried on Friday to revive peace talks that stalled after just one round due to stark difference over how to end the eight-month separatist war. …read more Source: The West...
No Ukraine peace talks in Minsk Friday: Belarus (AFP)
Minsk (AFP) – Ukrainian representatives and pro-Russian rebels will not be meeting in the Belarussian capital Minsk on Friday for what Kiev had hoped would be the signing of a final peace deal, a Belarussian official said. …read more Source: The West...
Conflict-hit east Ukraine struggles for festive joy (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – The big tree with the glimmering holiday lights is up but the festive spirit is missing on Lenin Square in the heart of east Ukraine’s rebel stronghold of Donetsk. …read more Source: The West...
‘Difficult’ Ukraine talks end
UKRAINIAN and rebel envoys end talks yesterday without agreeing on the date of a new round. …read more Source: THE...
Ukraine truce hangs in balance after ‘difficult’ talks (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The latest push for peace in Ukraine appeared moribund on Thursday after initial talks failed to agree when the warring sides should meet again to try ending their eight-month conflict. …read more Source: The West...
