Section: Australia
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Ukrainian rebels go ahead with controversial elections
(For more on the Ukraine conflict, see EXT2.) …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Pro-Russian rebels vote for leaders in eastern Ukraine
Pro-Russian rebels vote in an election for a separatist leadership in eastern Ukraine, though Kiev and the West denounce the poll. …read more Source: ABC...
Separatist elections, troop movements rattle Ukraine (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Separatists in eastern Ukraine held elections Sunday condemned by Kiev and Western governments, but backed by Russia, as Ukrainian claims of “intensive” troop movements across the Russian border cast new doubts over a truce. …read more Source: The West...
Kiev claims ‘intensive’ movements of troops crossing from Russia (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The Ukrainian military on Sunday reported “intensive” movement of troops and equipment from Russia into the separatist controlled area in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Election charade to split Ukraine
IT IS a one-horse race organised by armed thugs, but the poll taking place today will formalise the Ukraine’s partition. …read more Source: THE...
In separatist Ukraine town, war snatches home and life (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Nadezhda Ivanovna had plenty of lucky escapes during four months of shelling against her Donetsk neighbourhood. But on Saturday, Ukraine’s war finally closed in, with a shell destroying her house and killing her seven pigs. …read more Source: The West...
Rebel chief, Lenin fan set to win separatist Ukraine votes (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Two pro-Russian separatists will likely be confirmed as leaders in a controversial vote in 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...
Bombardments ahead of Ukraine separatist vote (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Artillery explosions could be heard every few seconds early Saturday in Donetsk on the eve of separatist elections that Ukraine and its Western backers say will undermine an increasingly hollow truce accord. …read more Source: The West...
US condemns eastern Ukraine separatist vote (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The United States says it will not recognise weekend elections planned by pro-Kremlin rebels in eastern Ukraine, where more than 4,000 people have been killed according to new UN figures. …read more Source: The West...
Europe, Russia at odds over early eastern Ukraine elections
The separatist poll in eastern Ukraine on Sunday is aimed at electing leaders and a parliament in a self-proclaimed autonomous republic but the elections have been dubbed `illegitimate’. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
