Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (310)
- NEWS.com.au (Australia) (203)
- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
Ukraine rebels start pullback under peace deal (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Pro-Russian rebels said Tuesday they were starting to withdraw their big guns from the frontline in eastern Ukraine under a peace plan forged with Kiev aimed at ending five months of conflict. …read more Source: The West...
Pro-Russia rebels say withdrawing artillery in east Ukraine (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – The prime minister of the self-proclaimed People’s Republic of Donetsk said Tuesday that rebels have removed artillery from frontline areas where Ukraine had also withdrawn, in line with a peace plan signed Saturday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine retreats from front line in ‘New Russia’
The Russian-backed territory of “Novorossiya” in Ukraine has moved closer to de facto independence after Ukrainian troops and rebel militias began to retreat from the conflict’s frontline. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Japan postpones plan for Putin visit: reports
Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has dropped plans to host Russian president Vladimir Putin in Japan this year due to friction after Tokyo imposed sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis, media reports said. …read more Source: ABC...
Abe drops plan for Putin visit to Japan this year: media (AFP)
Tokyo (AFP) – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has dropped plans to host Russian President Vladimir Putin in Japan this year due to friction after Tokyo imposed sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis, reports said Tuesday. …read more Source: The West...
Living on Ukraine frontline, trying to make sense of war (AFP)
Mariupol (Ukraine) (AFP) – From the balcony of his apartment in Mariupol, a strategic city in the conflict between the Ukraine army and pro-Russian separatists, Piotr Galanji can see the frontline. …read more Source: The West...
Russians protest Putin’s stance on Ukraine
Thousands of Russians have marched through Moscow in an anti-government demonstration criticising President Putin for what they saw as his warmongering in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Russians protest Ukraine fighting
TENS of thousands of people have marched through central Moscow to demonstrate against the fighting in Ukraine and Russia’s alleged role in the conflict. …read more Source:...
Thousands rally against Russia’s involvement in Ukraine
Tens of thousands of people have marched in Moscow to protest against Russia’s involvement in the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source: ABC...
Poroshenko warns Ukraine will defend itself if truce fails (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – President Petro Poroshenko warned Sunday that Ukraine must be ready to defend itself should a peace plan aimed at ending a five-month war with pro-Russian insurgents fall through. …read more Source: The West...
