Section: Australia
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Ukrainian President and pro-Russia rebel leader both say they will order ceasefires
Breakthrough in talks could see a ceasefire on Friday, if an agreement is signed for a peace plan to end the five-month war. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine: Truce will be signed soon
UKRAINIAN President Petro Poroshenko says a ceasefire plan aimed at ending a five-month conflict in the country will be signed by the weekend. …read more Source:...
Strong explosions near key Ukraine port city of Mariupol (AFP)
Mariupol (Ukraine) (AFP) – Strong explosions rocked the outskirts of the key Ukrainian port city of Mariupol on Thursday as Kiev’s forces battled pro-Moscow rebels, AFP correspondents said. …read more Source: The West...
Scepticism greets Putin’s Ukraine ceasefire plan (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s surprise announcement of a ceasefire plan for Ukraine has been greeted with widespread scepticism, with suspicions still running deep in Kiev and the West over Moscow’s true motives. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko meets Western leaders before NATO summit
President Petro Poroshenko held talks with US President Barack Obama and other Western leaders on Thursday on the conflict with pro-Russia rebels in Ukraine ahead of the start of a NATO summit. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
MH17 Ukraine crash report out next week (AFP)
Dutch air crash investigators say a report on the downing of flight MH17 is based on factual information from various sources and the black boxes. …read more Source: The West...
MH17 Ukraine crash report out next week
Dutch air crash investigators say a report on the downing of flight MH17 is based on factual information from various sources and the black boxes. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Vladimir Putin announces seven-point ceasefire plan as Ukraine loses appetite for war
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal as a plot to ruin Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
France halts delivery of warship to Russia
French officials said on Wednesday that they will not deliver the first Mistral-class amphibious warship that Russia had ordered from Paris as part of a $US1.7 billion weapons sale, a strong rebuke after months of aggressive actions by Russia in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
JPMorgan hack may be a warning from Russia, says ex-NSA director
The FBI is investigating whether a cyberattack on JPMorgan and other US banks was and whether other banks were penetrated were in retaliation for US- backed sanctions on Russia. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
