Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (310)
- NEWS.com.au (Australia) (203)
- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
Hundreds of foreign tanks in Ukraine: Poroshenko
Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko says there are now thousands of foreign troops and hundreds of tanks in the country, as the European Union warns a “new Cold War” with Russia would be detrimental to all Europe. …read more Source: ABC...
EU urges end to Russia ‘aggression’ in Ukraine (AFP)
Milan (AFP) – EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said a decision on further sanctions against Russia over what she described as its “aggression” in Ukraine would be made by EU leaders on Saturday evening. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine city left in ruins
THIS is how bad it is. Shocking footage shows a Ukraine city in ruins after heavy shelling overnight. …read more Source:...
EU leaders seek riposte to Russia (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – European Union leaders gather in Brussels Saturday to thrash out a response to Russia’s deeper involvement in war-torn Ukraine and to bring new faces to key EU posts. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine conflict: Vladimir Putin rattles nuclear sabre
Vladimir Putin raised the spectre of nuclear war with the West on Friday as he defied international condemnation over his decision to send thousands of Russian troops and heavy armour into eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine rebels advance on key port, in hint at Putin’s strategy
Backed by Russian troops and weaponry, hundreds of Ukrainian rebel militiamen have mobilised in the south-eastern town of Novoazovsk and begun to push toward the strategic seaport of Mariupol. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Defiant Putin eyes pro-Russian statelet in Ukraine: analysts (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian strongman Vladimir Putin first used “Novorossiya” — the loaded Tsarist-era name for what is now southern and eastern Ukraine — just after annexing Crimea from Ukraine in March, sparking outrage in Kiev. …read more Source: The West...
EU moves towards tougher sanctions on Russia (AFP)
Milan (AFP) – European Union foreign ministers on Friday cleared the way for tougher sanctions against Russia over what many of them described as its invasion of neighbour Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Putin hails Ukraine separatists; Kiev raises prospect of joining NATO
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday hailed pro-Moscow separatists in eastern Ukraine as “insurgents” battling an army that he likened to Nazi invaders during World War II, and the Ukrainian government raised the prospect of joining NATO as it seeks help in repelling what it calls an outright Russian military invasion of...
Mariupol digs in as fears mount of rebel onslaught (AFP)
Mariupol (Ukraine) (AFP) – Residents in east Ukraine’s strategic port Mariupol dug trenches Friday as others packed up and fled over fears the city could be the next target for advancing pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source: The West...
