Section: Australia
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Fears over Russian troop increase at Ukraine border (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Fears that Russia was massing troops on Ukraine’s border grew on Wednesday ahead of a visit by NATO’s secretary general, as an air strike hit the main eastern city where Kiev troops are besieging rebels. …read more Source: The West...
NATO fears ground invasion as Russia masses troops on Ukraine border
Russia has massed around 20,000 combat-ready troops on Ukraine’s border and could use the pretext of a humanitarian mission to invade, NATO said on Wednesday, its starkest warning yet that Moscow could soon mount a ground assault against its neighbour. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
NATO chief to visit Ukraine amid Russia border tensions (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen will visit Kiev Thursday, Ukraine’s foreign ministry said, amid heightened tensions over allegations Russia is massing troops along its ex-Soviet neighbour’s border. …read more Source: The West...
War keeps MH17 team from crash zone
AUSTRALIAN and Dutch investigators have failed for a third day running to reach the MH17 crash site, as fighting intensifies in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: THE...
Search for MH17 victims winds down in Ukraine
Rassypnoe, Ukraine: The search for human remains at the MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine is winding down, with an expectation among the Australian search party here that they will be withdrawn as early as Thursday or Friday. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Driving down east Ukraine’s dangerous ‘humanitarian corridor’ (AFP)
Kurakhove (Ukraine) (AFP) – For a few hours at least, the road leading west from the besieged rebel stronghold of Donetsk was meant to provide a sliver of security for desperate residents trying to flee the ever-encroaching fighting in east Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Clashes between Ukrainian forces, rebels continue in Donetsk
Ukrainian forces are continuing to clash with rebels in eastern Ukraine as they push into regional capital Donetsk. …read more Source: ABC...
Vladimir Putin orders response to ‘unacceptable’ Western sanctions on Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday ordered his government to draft a response to “unacceptable” Western sanctions over Moscow’s perceived backing of pro-Kremlin rebels in Ukraine’s volatile east. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Clashes kill two in rebel bastion Donetsk as UN warns of mass exodus (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – At least two civilians were killed in heavy clashes on the outskirts of the main rebel-held bastion of Donetsk in east Ukraine on Tuesday, as the UN warned of a “massive exodus and destruction” if fighting intensified. …read more Source: The West...
Moscow threatens to block BBC Russian Service (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia threatened Tuesday to block the website of the BBC’s Russian Service because it reported an activist’s public appeal to get people to attend a rally mocking Moscow’s policy in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
