Section: Australia
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Ukraine prisoners escape shelled jail in Donetsk (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Scores of panicked inmates escaped when shells rained down on a high-security prison in eastern Ukraine during heavy fighting between government forces and pro-Moscow rebels, authorities said Monday. …read more Source: The West...
First MH17 crash report ‘in weeks’: Dutch investigators (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Dutch air crash investigators said Monday they expect to release an initial report into what brought down flight MH17 over Ukraine with the loss of 298 lives “in a few weeks”. …read more Source: The West...
Con killed as shells hit Ukraine jail
ONE convict was killed and more than 100 escaped when shelling hit a high-security prison in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in east Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine inmates flee as shells hit Donetsk jail (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Over 100 inmates broke out of jail when shells rained down on a high-security prison in the besieged rebel stronghold of Donetsk in east Ukraine, killing one, local authorities said Monday. …read more Source: The West...
Kerry in Australia with deeper military cooperation on agenda (AFP)
Sydney (AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Sydney on Monday for annual talks expected to deepen military engagement with close ally Australia, but the focus will also be on hotspots abroad including Iraq and Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Vladimir Putin the peacemaker emerges in nearby Nagorno-Karabakh clash
Russian President Vladimir Putin, staring down the deepening unrest in Ukraine, tried the role of peacemaker by brokering the first meeting in nine months between the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan following the deadliest clashes between the ex-Soviet republics in 20 years. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Iran crash plane ’should not have flown’
THE Iran plane that has crashed, killing 39, was based on a Ukraine design that has been involved in previous Iranian air disasters. …read more Source: THE...
Russia urges ‘humanitarian’ mission as Ukraine rebel bastion pounded (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s army shelled the main rebel bastion of Donetsk Sunday as Russia called for a humanitarian ceasefire, which the West warned could be a pretext by Moscow to send in troops. …read more Source: The West...
Artillery pounds Ukraine rebel bastion
ARTILLERY pounded the rebel bastion of Donetsk in Ukraine yesterday as the West warned Russia. …read more Source: THE...
Giving birth under fire in a Donetsk hospital cellar (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Just a pink cap was visible as Larisa held her daughter Yeva swathed in a blanket on Sunday, sitting in the cellar of Donetsk’s largest maternity hospital, where she gave birth days ago amid heavy shelling. …read more Source: The West...
