Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (310)
- NEWS.com.au (Australia) (203)
- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
Ukraine: “Russia sent in tanks”
A convoy of Russian tanks has crossed into rebel-held Ukraine, and five soldiers have been killed in fighting despite September’s truce. …read more Source:...
Putin seizes Ukraine, but loses Ukrainians (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Portraits of President Vladimir Putin in the Ukrainian capital? Plenty — but they’re printed on toilet paper. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine says up to 200 rebels killed in Donetsk airport fighting
Ukraine’s military said its forces killed as many as 200 rebels in fighting in Donetsk as dozens of tanks and other military vehicles crossed the border into Ukraine from Russia. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Contractors to collect MH17 wreckage
Accident investigators looking into the July crash of a Malaysia Airlines plane in eastern Ukraine say they will probably hire local contractors to collect wreckage still beyond their reach because of a continuing pro-Russian insurrection. …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine moves to cut off separatist zone (AFP)
Kiev (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine announced passport controls around pro-Russian rebel areas Thursday, effectively acknowledging the breaking away of the separatist zone, as intense shelling in Donetsk stirred fears of renewed full-scale fighting. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine isolates rebel territory with passports rule (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine announced passport controls around pro-Russian separatist territories Thursday, as heavy artillery fire erupted in rebel-held Donetsk and Russia accused its neighbour of “crudely” violating the ceasefire. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine creates de facto border around separatist zone (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Thursday announced passport controls around areas held by pro-Russian separatists in the latest step toward what resembles the breakup of the ex-Soviet republic, as heavy artillery fire erupted in Donetsk. …read more Source: The West...
Australia PM vows to confront Putin over downing of flight Mh17 (AFP)
Sydney (AFP) – Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Thursday warned Vladimir Putin he will not be able to avoid a “conversation” over the loss of Australian lives in the downing of Flight MH17 over Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s warring sides trade blame on school shelling (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s warring sides on Thursday traded blame over the deadly shelling of a school sports ground in rebel-held territory that killed two teenagers as they played football. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine imposes passport control on rebel-held regions
Ukraine says anyone crossing in or out of areas controlled by pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country will have to show a passport. …read more Source: ABC...
