Section: Australia
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At least 285,000 flee Ukraine crisis: UN (AFP)
Geneva (AFP) – At least 285,000 people have fled their homes because of the conflict in eastern Ukraine, the United Nations said Tuesday, warning that intensified battles could lead to a “massive exodus”. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine forces close in on bastion
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Moscow threatens to block BBC Russian service Service (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia on Tuesday threatened 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 annexation of Crimea. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainians flee besieged Donetsk as fighting closes in (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – The once-bustling leafy boulevards of central Donetsk are now deserted but one place where there is almost certain to be a crowd is the rebel-held city’s ornate Stalin-era railway station. …read more Source: The West...
‘We’re not looking for teddy bears’: MH17 search will be limited, AFP commander says
There will not be a traditional field-by-field search of all 50 square kilometres of the MH17 crash site in Eastern Ukraine, despite Canberra’s “bring them home” undertakings to repatriate all human remains and all personal effects. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
“We’re not looking for teddy bears”: AFP commander says search will be limited
There will not be a traditional field-by-field search of all 50 square kilometres of the MH17 crash site in Eastern Ukraine, despite Canberra’s “bring them home” undertakings to repatriate all human remains and all personal effects. …read more...
Ukrainian troops cross into Russia to avoid fighting
Ukraine said it was in talks with Moscow over the return of Ukrainian soldiers who had been forced by fighting to cross into Russia, but Russian border authorities said the troops were seeking asylum. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine closes in on rebel stronghold, urges civilians to flee (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine said Monday its forces were closing in on the main rebel-held bastion of Donetsk and urged the insurgents to let civilians leave besieged eastern cities as fears of a humanitarian crisis mounted. …read more Source: The West...
Thousands of Russians stranded abroad after tour operator fails (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia is striving to bring back nearly 16,000 tourists stranded abroad after the latest in a string of travel companies failed amid strains over the crisis in Ukraine, tourism officials said Monday. …read more Source: The West...
World leaders mark outbreak of WWI (AFP)
Liege (Belgium) (AFP) – World leaders on Monday commemorated the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I by warning of lessons to be learned in the face of today’s many crises, including Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
