Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (310)
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- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
Poland on edge 75 years after Hitler and Stalin carved it up (AFP)
Warsaw (AFP) – Poland marks the 75th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II Monday with one eye on Russia, which invaded it during the war and is now throwing its weight around in neighbouring Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Abbott takes harder line on Russia
TONY Abbott says Australia will increase sanctions against Russia to match those of the European Union in the wake of its “bullying” of Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Putin demands Ukraine ‘statehood’
PRESIDENT Putin has raised the spectre of a new Russian puppet state inside Europe and compared the Kiev government with the Nazis. …read more Source: THE...
Separatists claim first attack on Ukrainian ship
A rescue operation is underway after a Ukrainian navy vessel came under artillery attack from the shore, in what pro-Russian rebels claimed as the first sea victory of their separatist war.”The militia have dealt the enemy their first naval defeat,” Igor Strelkov, a separatist military commander who stepped down in mid-August, said on...
Putin calls for independence talks
RUSSIAN leader Vladimir Putin has called for statehood to be considered for south-eastern Ukraine as the EU threatens him with more sanctions. …read more Source:...
Putin seeks ‘statehood’ talks on east Ukraine (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday raised the stakes in the Ukraine conflict by calling for the first time for statehood to be discussed for the restive east of the former Soviet state. …read more Source: The West...
Putin urges Ukraine ‘statehood’ talks
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin last night sharply raised the stakes in the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source: THE...
Russia, Ukraine swap prisoners as Putin calls for ‘statehood’ talks
Ukraine has handed over ten Russian paratroops in a prisoner exchange for 63 Ukrainian soldiers who had crossed into Russia during intense fighting. …read more Source: ABC...
Russia President Vladimir Putin wants east Ukraine ‘statehood’ talks
President Vladimir Putin has dramatically raised the stakes in the Ukraine conflict by calling for the first time for statehood to be considered for the restive east of the former Soviet state. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Putin seeks ‘statehood’ talks for east Ukraine (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday sharply raised the stakes in the Ukraine conflict by calling for the first time for statehood to be considered for the restive east of the former Soviet state. …read more Source: The West...
