Section: The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
Ukraine separatist leader vows to mobilise 100,000 men
Pro-Russian separatists vowed Monday to mobilise up to 100,000 fighters for their latest east Ukraine offensive as the US mulled sending weapons to Kiev’s out-gunned forces after the latest truce bid collapsed. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
US takes a fresh look at arming Ukraine’s forces, officials say
With Russian-backed separatists pressing their attacks in Ukraine, NATO’s military commander, General Philip M. Breedlove, now supports providing defensive weapons and equipment to Kiev’s beleaguered forces, and an array of administration and military officials appear to be edging toward that position, US officials said on Sunday....
Ukraine peace talks break up, key players leave meeting in different cars
Peace talks on the Ukraine crisis, involving Ukrainian and Russian representatives and separatist envoys, broke up on Saturday after more than four hours with key players leaving the venue by different cars, a Reuters witness said. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
‘We didn’t kill them’: On Ukraine battlefield, one act of mercy becomes an internet sensation
Ukrainian First Lieutenant Alexei Chaban, 50, has become an internet hit since the weekend, when he posted an open letter to the mother of a Russian tank commander whose life he had spared during a skirmish last week. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Russia considers censuring West Germany
Over 25 years after the Berlin Wall’s fall, Russian lawmakers are considering a proposal to condemn West Germany’s 1990 “annexation” of East Germany as Moscow’s answer to Western denunciation of its seizure of Crimea. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Russia mulls censure of West Germany
Over 25 years after the Berlin Wall’s fall, Russian lawmakers are considering a proposal to condemn West Germany’s 1990 “annexation” of East Germany as Moscow’s answer to Western denunciation of its seizure of Crimea. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
New Greek government questions plans for more EU sanctions of Russia
Greece’s new Syriza-led government questioned moves to impose more sanctions on Russia, adding a foreign-policy angle to its challenge to the status quo in Europe. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Politics impinge on 70th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation
Wary of political consequences and with on-going hostilities in Ukraine, Poland did not send a full diplomatic invitation to Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Vladimir Putin: Ukraine’s army is really just NATO’s ‘foreign legion’
NATO head dismisses the claim as ‘nonsense’ as 12 more are killed during a surge in fighting. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Shelling traps nearly 500 miners in Ukraine
Nearly 500 coal miners in Ukraine’s war-torn east have been briefly trapped after their pit lost power when a shell hit an electricity substation. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
