Section: Australia
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- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
At airport checkpoint, Donetsk rebels dismiss truce (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – At the last checkpoint before the airport in Ukraine’s main insurgent bastion of Donetsk, separatist fighters manning the barricades are dismissive of suggestions that the ceasefire is holding. …read more Source: The West...
Poroshenko pledges autonomy for east Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – President Petro Poroshenko pledged Wednesday to give separatist regions in eastern Ukraine more autonomy but said he would not allow the country to be ripped apart. …read more Source: The West...
Most Russian troops out of Ukraine
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Wednesday that Russia had withdrawn most troops. …read more Source: THE...
Ukraine responsible for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 disaster: Russia
Russia’s defence minister has told his Malaysian counterpart that that Ukraine bore full responsibility for the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash that left 298 dead. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
If Scotland independence recognised, Crimea wants the same (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Crimea’s Kremlin-loyal leader on Wednesday said that if the world recognises an independent Scotland, then it should also offer similar recognition to the Black Sea peninsula which has joined Russia. …read more Source: The West...
Putin says Ukraine crisis used by West to ‘revive’ NATO (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday accused Western countries of creating the Ukrainian crisis and using it to revive NATO. …read more Source: The West...
Poroshenko vows no break up of Ukraine
Poroshenko has pledged to give east Ukraine more autonomy, but vow to protect the integrity of the country, as the EU meets on sanctions against Russia. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine crisis: Russia tests nuclear missile
Human rights group Amnesty International says it has evidence both sides in the Ukraine conflict have committed war crimes. …read more Source: ABC...
Poroshenko vows no break up of Ukraine (AFP)
Poroshenko has pledged to give east Ukraine more autonomy, but vow to protect the integrity of the country, as the EU meets on sanctions against Russia. …read more Source: The West...
EU’s Juncker gives France, Britain key economic jobs (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – France and Britain secured top positions on Wednesday in incoming European Commission President Jean Claude-Juncker’s new team, which must tackle a stagnant economy, rising euroscepticism and the Ukraine crisis on its borders. …read more Source: The West...
