Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (310)
- NEWS.com.au (Australia) (203)
- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
NATO says Russian military equipment entering east Ukraine (AFP)
Sofia (AFP) – NATO has observed columns of Russian military equipment including tanks, artillery and combat troops entering eastern Ukraine in the past two days, the military alliance’s supreme allied commander said Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
Heavy shelling rocks Ukraine rebel bastion Donetsk (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Heavy artillery fire on Wednesday rocked east Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebel bastion of Donetsk, after international monitors warned over escalating violence following the arrival of columns of insurgent reinforcements. …read more Source: The West...
Heavy artillery fire around Ukraine rebel city Donetsk (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Heavy artillery fire on Wednesday rocked east Ukraine’s main rebel bastion of Donetsk in the fiercest fighting around the city in days, an AFP journalist said. …read more Source: The West...
Russia balks at UN support for Bosnia amid Ukraine rift (AFP)
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Russia on Tuesday refused to endorse a UN resolution on Bosnia that Moscow said would push the Balkan country towards NATO and the European Union — a scenario that led to the conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Fears all-out war looming in Ukraine
A WARNING has been issued over escalating violence as a convoy of military trucks observed rolling into the rebel stronghold of Donetsk. …read more Source: THE...
Monitors fear rising violence in eastern Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – International observers issued a stark warning over escalating violence in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday as Dutch investigators hoping to recover debris from a doomed airliner left the MH17 crash site with little progress. …read more Source: The West...
Merkel says EU not planning new sanctions against Russia (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday that the European Union was not planning new sanctions against Russia over a fresh spike in violence in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Obama, Putin hold tense talks on APEC summit sidelines
US president Barack Obama meets with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin three times on the sidelines of the APEC summit, with their conversations covering Iran, Syria and Ukraine. …read more Source: ABC...
West confronts Putin at Asia-Pacific summit (AFP)
Beijing (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday had a close-up brush with Western anger over the Ukraine crisis and the downing of Flight MH17, as the White House warned that his sanctions-hit government was staring at “isolation”. …read more Source: The West...
Russian tanks roll to Donetsk again
A LARGE Russian military convoy seen heading for the Ukrainian city of Donetsk has sparked fears of a return to full-scale hostilities. …read more Source: THE...
