Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (310)
- NEWS.com.au (Australia) (203)
- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
Separatist leader ‘Igor the Terrible’ resigns
Igor Strelkov, one of the leading separatist military leaders in eastern Ukraine has resigned, the separatists’ self-proclaimed Donetsk Republic said on its website. …read more Source: ABC...
Global markets rise despite weak data from US and Europe
Global markets rose overnight, after a perceived easing in tension between Russia and Ukraine helped overshadowed some weak data. …read more Source: ABC...
US warns Russia over Ukraine convoy
RAISING the stakes in Ukraine’s conflict, a Russian aid convoy of more than 200 trucks pushed up to the border but then stopped. …read more Source: THE...
Is Putin changing tack on Ukraine?
IN a surprising change in tone, President Vladimir Putin has said Russia would do everything in its power to halt the bloody conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Igor Strelkov: mysterious Russian who led Ukraine rebels (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – An alleged Russian intelligence colonel with an obsession for reenacting historical battles, Igor Strelkov, who quit as a key rebel chief on Thursday, was a driving force behind the brutal pro-Moscow insurgency tearing apart east Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Russian convoy rolls on towards Ukraine as fighting intensifies (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – A massive Russian “humanitarian” convoy closed in on Ukraine’s border Thursday despite doubts over whether the trucks would be allowed across, and as deadly fighting rocked rebel-held strongholds. …read more Source: The West...
Putin says Russia should not ‘fence itself off’ from West (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia should not “fence itself off from the outside world” despite a plunge in East-West relations over the pro-Kremlin insurgency in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Russian aid convoy heads for east Ukraine
A massive Russian aid convoy bound for civilians in eastern Ukraine is pushing toward the embattled city of Luhansk. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Disputed Russian convoy approaches southeastern Ukraine (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – A Russian aid convoy that Kiev fears Moscow could use to help arm pro-Kremlin insurgents moved closer to separatist southeastern Ukraine on Thursday, a Russian emergencies ministry spokesman said. …read more Source: The West...
Shelling kills 22 in Ukraine’s rebel-held Lugansk: official (AFP)
Lugansk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Shelling has killed at least 22 residents in the besieged rebel-held bastion of Lugansk in east Ukraine over the past 24 hours, a local official said Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
