Section: Australia
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Ukraine president pleads with Russia to withdraw (AFP)
Sydney (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday pleaded with Russia to withdraw its troops from his country and close the border, saying it would lead to almost immediate peace. …read more Source: The West...
Truce holds in Ukraine but next steps uncertain (AFP)
Sulaimaniyah (Iraq) (AFP) – A day-old ceasefire largely held along the bloodied frontline in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday but hopes of peace talks and pulling back heavy weaponry still hung in the balance. …read more Source: The West...
Mysterious spate of bombings hit Ukraine military hub (AFP)
Kharkiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – The city of Kharkiv in Ukraine’s industrial east has stayed out of rebel hands but a mysterious spate of bombings has triggered fears that Russia is trying to destabilise this key defence hub. …read more Source: The West...
MH17 wreckage arrives at Dutch base (AFP)
Gilze-Rijen Airbase (Netherlands) (AFP) – A convoy carrying wreckage from Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 arrived at a Dutch airbase on Tuesday where it will be pieced together as part of a probe into its shooting down over Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Energy-starved Ukraine gets first Russian gas since June (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Energy-starved Ukraine said on Tuesday it had received the first Russian natural gas shipments since a politically charged price dispute saw Moscow cut off its Westward-leaning neighbour in June. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine peace talks delayed but ceasefire largely holds (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Planned peace talks between Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels were postponed on Tuesday but a ceasefire appeared to be largely holding along the frontline in the ex-Soviet republic’s war-shattered east. …read more Source: The West...
Anti-graft squad targets corruption in Ukraine’s army (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – It must rank as one of the world’s most daunting jobs: …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine ceasefire holding, says President Poroshenko (AFP)
Singapore (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Tuesday a ceasefire along the front line in the east of his country appeared to be holding after Kiev declared a “day of silence” in the war with pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine receives first Russian gas since June cut (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine said on Tuesday it had received the first deliveries of Russian natural gas since a politically charged price dispute saw Moscow cut off shipments to its Westward-leaning neighbour in June. …read more Source: The West...
UN says 2014 devastating year for children (AFP)
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – 2014 has been a devastating year for children, with up to 15 million swept up in wars in the Central African Republic, Iraq, South Sudan, the Palestinian territories, Syria and Ukraine, the UN children’s agency said Monday. …read more Source: The West...
