Section: Australia
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Ukraine in talks to save peace plan
UKRAINE has tried to keep its plan to settle the conflict with pro-Moscow separatists on track in talks with Russia, France and Germany. …read more Source: THE...
Europe warns Putin on eve of Ukraine truce deadline (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The leaders of Germany and France warned Vladimir Putin on Sunday that Russia could be hit with punishing sanctions within days unless he forced Ukrainian rebels Moscow is accused of backing to suspend their deadly uprising. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine leader says to hold four-way talks with Putin Monday (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s new leader said German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande will join him in a further phone conference with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Monday. …read more Source: The West...
Rebels free last observers
PRO-KREMLIN rebels in eastern Ukraine have released a second group of Euro
Fighting threatens 72-hour Ukraine ceasefire
A 72-hour extension of the ceasefire agreed to by Ukrainian government forces and separatist fighters was undermined Saturday by fresh outbreaks of violence. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Pro-Russia rebels release second Ukraine monitor group (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Pro-Kremlin rebels in eastern Ukraine on Saturday released a second group of European monitors after being pressed by Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet the terms of a tenuous truce with Kiev. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine conscripts prefer going home to joining rebels (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – As his now-former comrades hugged their goodbyes and wished each other a safe journey home, Junior Sergeant Pavel Stupka explained why he refused to renounce his oath of allegiance to Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine seeks concrete steps from Russia on truce (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Saturday sought concrete steps from Russia to back up a tenuous truce it extended with pro-Moscow rebels in the hope of calming a deadly insurgency sparked by its new westward course. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine accord with Europe angers Kremlin
Dealing a defiant blow to the Kremlin, President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine signed a long-delayed trade pact with Europe on Friday that Moscow had bitterly opposed. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine truce for 3 more days: president (AAP)
Ukraine’s new leader has extended a tenuous truce with pro-Moscow rebels after signing a landmark EU deal on closer relations. …read more Source: The West...
