Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (310)
- NEWS.com.au (Australia) (203)
- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
West rules out military action against Russia despite ‘war dance’ on behalf of Ukraine
Despite categorical statements by Barack Obama and a host of European leaders that there’ll be no military response to Russia’s encroachment into Ukraine, European officials were doing a war dance for the cameras on the weekend. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Sitting duck: Russia set to storm lost city
WITH pro-Russian rebels looming threateningly at its gates, the last civilians in the Ukrainian town of Mariupol are having to face a hard truth: they will be unable to save this vital port city alone. …read more Source:...
EU appoints Donald Tusk and Federica Mogherini in top jobs, readies Russian sanctions
European Union leaders have chosen Poland’s prime minister Donald Tusk to chair their Council and named Italian Federica Mogherini to run the bloc’s foreign relations, as the EU prepares to threaten Russia with new sanctions over Ukraine. …read more Source: ABC...
EU slaps Russia with sanction ultimatum
AS Kiev borders on the brink of “full scale war”, Russia is given a week to scale back involvement in Ukraine or face new sanctions. …read more Source: THE...
EU gives Russia sanctions ultimatum
UPDATE: EU leaders have given Russia a week to reverse course in Ukraine or face a new round of sanctions as Kiev warned of “full-scale war” with Moscow. …read more Source:...
Poland’s Tusk, Italy’s Mogherini get EU top jobs (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – European leaders Saturday named Polish Premier Donald Tusk the next EU president and Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini to head its diplomatic service as the bloc faces a series of challenges topped by Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine ‘close to point of no return’
UKRAINE president Petro Poroshenko said Russia is pushing the country “to a point of no return — full scale-war”. …read more Source:...
Russian tanks flatten Ukrainian town as EU leaders threaten more sanctions
Ukraine said Russian tanks had flattened a small border town and pro-Russian rebels had made fresh gains in its east, as EU leaders signalled on Saturday they would threaten more sanctions against Moscow over the crisis. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
EU presses harder on Ukraine
THE European Union is readying a fresh wave of sanctions against Russia, amid warnings the escalating conflict in Ukraine is putting all of Europe at risk. …read more Source: THE...
Seven dead in cargo plane crash in Algeria
Seven people were killed when a Ukrainian plane crashed in the Algerian Sahara. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
