Section: The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
Ukraine town of Debaltseve eases into life after deadly fighting
While the Ukrainian government accused Russia of sending more tanks and troops, the few residents who remained in Debaltseve emerged to a scene of destruction and gloom. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Russia is sending more tanks and troops into Ukraine to take the next battlefront, Kiev says
Kiev also accuses Putin of being behind the sniper killings of 100 Ukrainian protesters. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Fighting rages in east Ukraine despite bid to revive truce
Fighting raged in eastern Ukraine despite European efforts to resurrect a ceasefire, a day after pro-Russian separatists spurned the truce by forcing thousands of government troops out of a strategic town. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine’s latest defeat confronts West and Obama with costly zero-sum game
Even if Washington were to start shipping weapons, it is likely that Russian-armed separatists will always best Ukrainian national forces. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine soldiers tell of their harrowing escape – by foot – from pro-Russian rebels
Nearly surrounded by pro-Russian rebels and almost out of food, water and ammo, the Ukrainian soldiers just abandoned their heavy weapons and ran. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukrainian president calls for international peacekeepers after Debaltseve retreat
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has called for international peacekeeper in his nation’s east after a major battlefield defeat. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine pulls troops out of the flashpoint town of Debaltseve
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko says government forces have withdrawn from the flashpoint town of Debaltseve, where pro-Russian rebels have been battling troops for control for weeks. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Russia shelling Ukraine across the countries’ shared border, according to forensic analysis
Satellite images on Google Earth prove that Russia has been shelling Ukraine across the countries’ shared border, according to a new forensic analysis of 1353 artillery craters in Eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine truce unravels as battle rages, arms pullback stalls
Pro-Russian rebels and government forces fought street-to-street in a strategic town in east Ukraine on Tuesday and refused to pull back their heavy guns, all but scuppering hopes that a European-brokered peace deal will end months of conflict. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine peace deal close to collapse
Government forces and pro-Russian separatists said they would not carry out an agreement to pull back heavy guns in east Ukraine, pushing a shaky peace deal closer to collapse. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
