Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (310)
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- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
Kremlin backs Ukraine rebel win
RUSSIA endorsed a crushing victory for Ukraine’s pro-Moscow rebel leadership after controversial polls. …read more Source: THE...
Pro-Russian separatist Alexander Zakharchenko wins Ukraine rebel vote
Pro-Russian separatist Alexander Zakharchenko has easily won an election for leadership of a breakaway republic in eastern Ukraine, the vote’s organisers said on Monday. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
EU blasts Russia over Ukraine separatist vote (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – EU foreign policy chiefs blasted Moscow’s recognition of separatist elections in Ukraine on Monday, saying the polls, which sought to put a legal veneer on the bloody pro-Russian rebellion, violated a peace agreement. …read more Source: The West...
Russia backs Ukraine rebel vote despite West criticism (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Russia endorsed a crushing victory for Ukraine’s pro-Moscow rebel leadership after controversial polls that the EU slammed as a “new obstacle” for peace in the country’s strife-torn east. …read more Source: The West...
Miner’s son, Lenin fan set to win separatist Ukraine votes (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Two pro-Russian separatists were confirmed as leaders in controversial elections in eastern Ukraine on Sunday — one a rebel chief who highlights his status as a miner’s son and the other a fan of Communist icon Vladimir Lenin. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine pro-Russia rebels hold elections in the east, fueling conflict
Residents of rebel-held eastern Ukraine voted for leaders on Sunday, taking another step toward establishing an independent enclave and exacerbating tensions between Russia and the West. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
EU says Ukraine rebel vote ‘new obstacle’ to peace (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – The European Union said elections held Sunday by pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine were illegal, would not be recognised and created a new hurdle to a resolution of the conflict. …read more Source: The West...
Pro-Russian rebels win crushing victory in vote for leaders in eastern Ukraine
The main rebel leader in Ukraine’s largest separatist region wins a crushing victory in a controversial election Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko labelled “a farce”. …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine rebel leader set to win poll
EAST Ukraine’s pro-Russian leadership is on course to secure a crushing victory in Sunday’s controversial election. …read more Source: THE...
Ukraine rattled by Russia troop movements as separatists vote (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Separatists in eastern Ukraine held elections Sunday as claims of “intensive” troop movements crossing the Russian border cast new doubts over a truce. …read more Source: The West...
