Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (311)
- NEWS.com.au (Australia) (203)
- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
EU hits Russian intelligence chiefs with sanctions (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – The European Union announced Saturday it had widened its sanctions against Russia over its role in conflict-torn Ukraine to include the heads of intelligence services. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine in campaign to boycott Russian goods, restaurants, sex
War might be at their doorstep but Ukrainian citizens are using a more peaceful style of dissent against Russia. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
MH17 bodies sorted and sent home
A TEAM of forensic experts is preparing to leave Ukraine after sorting bodies from the crash and sending 227 coffins to Amsterdam. …read more Source: THE...
Surrender or die, says Ukraine military
THE Ukrainian military has issued a stark warning for separatists operating around the Malaysia Airlines plane crash site. …read more Source: THE...
Russia steps up help for rebels in Ukraine
Rather than backing down after last week’s downing of a civilian passenger jet, Russia appears to be intervening more aggressively in the war in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
MH17: Ukrainian woman allegedly posts selfie using mascara looted from crash site
Yekaterina Parkhomenko uploaded a photograph on Instagram with the caption: ‘Mascara from Amsterdam; to be precise, from the field. Well, you understand.’ …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Australia risks inflaming Ukraine conflict by sending armed police to MH17 site: analysts
Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s plan to deploy armed police to the MH17 crash site risks increasing tension in the Ukrainian territory held by Russian-backed rebels, according to political analysts based in Berlin and Brussels. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Rebels wary of foreign force securing MH17 crash site in Ukraine
There has been no formal response from eastern Ukraine rebel separatists to plans for a foreign force, possibly several-hundred strong, to investigate and secure the MH17 crash site. But signals the rebels sent on Friday suggest a reluctance to have more than 20 or 30 foreigners on their turf. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine could ratify AFP deal next week (AAP)
A deal authorising Australian police and soldiers to help secure the MH17 crash site could be ratified next week when the Ukrainian parliament is recalled. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine rebels go to the museum — for WWII tanks and cannons (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Visiting a museum may be the last thing on the minds of hardened insurgents in east Ukraine, but a group of them turned up at one in Donetsk — only to make off with a World War II tank and two howitzers. …read more Source: The West...
