Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (310)
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- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
Ukraine rejects talks with rebels until they disarm (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine on Tuesday brushed off strong European pressure as it rejected talks with pro-Russian rebels on a truce to halt a bloody insurgency convulsing the ex-Soviet nation until they laid down their arms. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine demands Russia gives back its combat dolphins
Ukraine has demanded the return of its combat dolphins whIch have been in Russian captivity since February. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Pro-Russian rebels prepare to make stand in Donetsk
Pro-Russia rebels chased from eastern Ukraine strongholds blew up three bridges leading to the regional capital of Donetsk on Monday in an apparent effort to thwart the further advance of a reinvigorated Ukrainian army. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Poroshenko boosted as retreat dims hopes
RESURGENT Ukrainian forces are pursuing retreating pro-Russian rebels after seizing their symbolic bastion. …read more Source: THE...
Retreating rebels dig in around Ukraine coal hub (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Retreating pro-Russian insurgents dug in on Monday in Ukraine’s sprawling industrial hub of Donetsk after government forces scored a string of morale-boosting victories in the bloody battle for the future of the country. …read more Source: The West...
Rebels pushed out of stronghold
RESURGENT government forces have hoisted the Ukrainian flag over pro-
‘Turning point’: Ukrainian government forces retake key city
With an onslaught of gunfire and mortar shelling, Ukrainian government forces on Saturday expelled pro-Russian insurgents from Slovyansk, a long-blockaded rebel stronghold, and raised the blue and yellow Ukrainian flag over the City Council building. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine hoists flag over rebel bastion
RESURGENT government forces have hoisted the Ukrainian flag over the pro-Russian rebels’ main stronghold. …read more Source: THE...
Ukraine rebels leave main stronghold of Slaviansk
Pro-Russian fighters have abandoned their main stronghold of Slaviansk in eastern Ukraine after government forces launched an offensive on the city. …read more Source: ABC...
Ukrainian Orthodox Church leader Volodymyr dies (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The head of Ukraine’s Moscow-linked parish of the Orthodox Church died Saturday, the ex-Soviet country’s largest Church said. …read more Source: The West...
