Section: Australia
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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...
Ukraine’s president proposes fresh ceasefire talks
Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko has proposed talks on a new ceasefire and is said to be waiting on a reply from pro-Russian rebels, a statement on his website says. …read more Source: ABC...
Poroshenko proposes renewed ceasefire talks with separatists
Ukraine has proposed a time and a place for talks on reaching a durable ceasefire with pro-Russian rebels and is awaiting a reply, as fighting in the east killed 13 servicemen.Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s website did not name the venue but a Western diplomat expected the talks to be held again in eastern Ukraine’s major...
Putin to visit Cuba and other LatAm nations (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin will next week begin a major Latin America tour that will take him to Cuba, Argentina and Brazil as he seeks to counter Russia’s growing international isolation over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The West...
Moscow fears expanded sanctions
RUSSIA’s has warned wider Western sanctions as a result of the Ukraine crisis could have a “significant negative impact”. …read more Source: THE...
New Ukraine Defence Minister promises to regain Crimea
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has shaken up his country’s beleaguered forces with new appointments to head the Defence Ministry, the general staff and a military advisory office in his presidential administration. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine shakes up top brass in new bid to crush rebels (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine shook up its beleaguered army’s top brass on Thursday as clashes raged in the separatist east despite mounting US and German pressure on Russia to force the rebels to halt fire. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine shakes up beleaguered top brass amid clashes (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine shook up its beleaguered army’s top brass on Thursday as clashes raged in the separatist east despite international efforts to arrange a new truce that could also calm flaring East-West tensions. …read more Source: The West...
Fighting in east Ukraine despite push for truce talks (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Fighting rumbled on in east Ukraine Thursday between government troops and pro-Russian rebels despite a fresh push for ceasefire talks from international envoys. …read more Source: The West...
Russia and Ukraine ‘committed to ceasefire’
The foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine have agreed to hold three-way talks involving pro-Moscow rebels to pave the way for a new ceasefire, despite continued fighting that Kiev says has now killed 200 of its troops. …read more Source: ABC...
