Section: The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
Putin urges the West to pressure Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin has demanded the US and Europe press the Ukrainian government to comply with a cease-fire accord. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine violence to dominate G7 meeting
Just days before President Barack Obama was set to arrive in Germany for a summit of the seven major industrialised nations, Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine killed two dozen people. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko warns of threat of ‘full-scale invasion’ from Russia
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday there were 9000 Russian servicemen on Ukrainian territory and warned of the threat of a “full-scale invasion” by Russia along the whole joint border. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
MH17 plane was shot down by a Buk missile, Russian weapons manufacturer says
The claim confounds previous Kremlin claims that the flight was shot down by a Ukrainian fighter jet. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Russian troop deaths now state secret
Russian President Vladimir Putin has banned the release of information about troop deaths in “special operations” during peacetime, as the Kremlin continues to rebuff accusations its soldiers are fighting in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Russia amasses heavy firepower on border with Ukraine
Rocket launchers, tanks, howitzers sent to border area in unmarked vehicles by troops in unmarked uniforms. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Germany protests ‘unacceptable’ ejection of Merkel party MP from Moscow
Germany protested to Russia on Monday over Moscow’s refusal to let a conservative German lawmaker into the country, a decision the Foreign Ministry criticised as unacceptable, in the latest sign of East-West tensions over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
German grandmother, 65, gives birth to quadruplets
A 65-year-old German woman, who already has 13 children, has given birth to quadruplets after undergoing an artificial insemination procedure in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
US envoy Victoria Nuland to hold talks with Russians on peace deal for Ukraine
US State Department official Victoria Nuland arrived in Moscow for negotiations just days after US Secretary of State John Kerry met for four hours with Russian President Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
NATO ministers sing while Ukraine strife continues
On Thursday, in a moment beyond satire, NATO’s foreign ministers linked arms and sang ‘We Are the World”. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
