Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (310)
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- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
Waiting for Ukraine’s final battle
PANICKED Ukrainians have flooded highways and packed trains out of rebel areas, fearing a reprisal assault by government forces. …read more Source: THE...
Donetsk: a ghost town waiting for Ukraine’s final battle (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Donetsk, one of the last bastions of pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine, has become a ghost town as residents clog the roads and railway stations in a desperate scramble to escape advancing government troops. …read more Source: The West...
Missiles kill 19 Ukraine soldiers
AT least 30 servicemen were killed after pro-Russia rebels fired missiles on them, a Ukrainian Interior Ministry official says. …read more Source: THE...
Ukraine vows revenge for deadly military attack
Separatist rebels attacked a Ukrainian military base with Russian-made Grad rockets, killing 19 troops and boosting the overnight death toll to about 30 in the latest flare-up of fighting in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
New US govt duties on overseas steel pipes (AP)
The US has imposed duties on imports of steel pipe from South Korea, India, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine and Vietnam. …read more Source: The West...
Vatican calls for global ceasefire during World Cup final
The Vatican on Friday called for a truce in wars around the globe during Sunday’s World Cup final, taking to social media with the hashtag #pauseforpeace as a conflict in the Gaza Strip escalates and killings continue in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Rebels kill 23 Ukraine troops
UKRAINE’S military have reported losing 23 servicemen in clashes across the separatist east that threatened to shatter slim Western hopes of a truce. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian president says rebels will pay as missiles kill 23 soldiers
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko vowed to “find and destroy” pro-Russian rebels who killed 23 servicemen and wounded nearly 100 in a missile attack on Friday. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Rebel missile attack in Ukraine kills up to 30 troops
A rocket attack by pro-Russian rebels on a border post in eastern Ukraine may have killed as many as 30 soldiers and border guards, prompting a promise of swift retribution from Kiev. …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine field troops prepare for assault on Donetsk (AFP)
Olenivka (Ukraine) (AFP) – Among a sea of sunflowers, shirtless Ukranian soldiers shout advice to an earthmover’s driver who digs, in a thick cloud of fumes, trenches around their armoured vehicles, on which they are perched in an open field. …read more Source: The West...
