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Ukraine ceasefire in jeopardy after shelling kills woman in Mariupol
Sep07

Ukraine ceasefire in jeopardy after shelling kills woman in Mariupol

A woman has been killed and at least four others were injured after the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol came under artillery fire, putting at risk a ceasefire agreement struck last week. Mariupol town hall confirmed the death of a 33 year-old woman early on Sunday local time.She is the first civilian casualty since a ceasefire was struck...

Blasts threaten Kiev truce
Sep07

Blasts threaten Kiev truce

GUNFIRE and heavy shelling have rocked a city in eastern Ukraine, raising fears a tenuous truce has already collapsed. …read more Source: THE...

Ukraine frontline city on edge after night of violence (AFP)
Sep07

Ukraine frontline city on edge after night of violence (AFP)

Mariupol (Ukraine) (AFP) – It didn’t take long for the guns to roar into action again on the edge of the Ukrainian flashpoint city of Mariupol, with the ink barely dry on a shaky truce plan between the government and rebel forces. …read more Source: The West...

Renewed fighting threatens shaky Ukraine truce (AFP)
Sep07

Renewed fighting threatens shaky Ukraine truce (AFP)

Mariupol (Ukraine) (AFP) – Heavy fighting around flashpoint cities in eastern Ukraine on Sunday threatened the collapse of a tenuous truce between government forces and pro-Russian rebels less than 48 hours after it came into force. …read more Source: The West...

Heavy fighting threatens Ukraine ceasefire (AFP)
Sep07

Heavy fighting threatens Ukraine ceasefire (AFP)

Mariupol (Ukraine) (AFP) – Gunfire and heavy shelling rocked a key frontline city in eastern Ukraine overnight, raising fears Sunday that a tenuous truce between government and rebel forces had already collapsed. …read more Source: The West...

Heavy fighting threatens Ukraine ceasefire
Sep07

Heavy fighting threatens Ukraine ceasefire

Gunfire and heavy shelling rocked a key frontline city in eastern Ukraine overnight, raising fears the tenuous truce between government and rebel forces had already collapsed. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...

Explosions in east Ukraine threaten ceasefire (AFP)
Sep07

Explosions in east Ukraine threaten ceasefire (AFP)

Mariupol (Ukraine) (AFP) – Powerful explosions in a key frontline city in eastern Ukraine on Saturday raised fears that a day-old truce between government and rebel forces had already collapsed. …read more Source: The West...

Shelling threatens Ukraine truce
Sep07

Shelling threatens Ukraine truce

NUMEROUS loud explosions were heard on the eastern outskirts of Mariupol and a checkpoint appeared to be on fire. …read more Source: THE...

Fragile cease-fire in Ukraine holds
Sep07

Fragile cease-fire in Ukraine holds

The cease-fire between the Ukrainian government and Russian-backed separatists held across the embattled southeast on Saturday but some violations, including one significant one, were reported. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...

Push to return forensic teams to MH17 site to recover remains
Sep07

Push to return forensic teams to MH17 site to recover remains

Australia and Malaysia have signalled their intention to send investigators back to the MH17 crash site in war-torn eastern Ukraine before winter. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...