Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (310)
- NEWS.com.au (Australia) (203)
- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
Merkel urges Ukraine truce as trucks go
ANGELA Merkel has pushed for a new ceasefire in talks with the Ukrainian President as the country celebrated the country’s Independence Day. …read more Source: THE...
Rebels parade captured soldiers on Ukraine independence day (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine paraded dozens of captured soldiers before a jeering crowd on Sunday in mockery of the country’s Independence Day celebrations. …read more Source: The West...
Poroshenko says military threat will continue, boosts military funding
Ukraine’s president says a constant military threat will hang over Ukraine and pledges more than $3 billion in funding to the country’s military. …read more Source: ABC...
Poroshenko rallies thousands in ‘battle for Ukraine’ (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko on Sunday decried Russian “aggression” as Kiev staged a symbolic Independence Day parade while battling pro-Moscow rebels in the east of the country. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine president pledges $3 billion to rearm military (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Sunday promised to spend some $3. …read more Source: The West...
Shelling in Ukraine’s Donetsk tears family apart (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Face covered in soot, a grandfather sits in front of the three bodies of his loved ones muttering again and again his lament. …read more Source: The West...
Russian aid trucks leave Ukraine as Merkel calls for peace
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for a swift diplomatic resolution to the conflict in Ukraine as trucks that sparked international condemnation by crossing into the country without consent returned to Russia. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Russian aid trucks quit Ukraine
THE West has rebuked Russia for sending trucks from an aid convoy to east Ukraine’s rebel-held Luhansk in a move Kiev decried as an “invasion”. …read more Source: THE...
Merkel calls for ceasefire, Ukraine says not at cost of independence
German chancellor Angela Merkel has called for Ukraine and Russia to agree to a ceasefire during her first visit to Ukraine since fighting erupted early this year. Ms Merkel pressed Moscow to engage on a peace plan with Kiev and said success was not possible if only one side was interested in a diplomatic solution.”There must be two sides...
Merkel jets into Kiev as tensions soar over Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Kiev Saturday for crisis talks with Ukraine’s pro-Western leaders, as a controversial aid convoy from Moscow began crossing back from the war-torn east of the country to Russia. …read more Source: The West...
