Section: The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
Ukraine sends troops to defend cities
Kiev is bolstering the defences of cities in the east of Ukraine in response to pro-Russian rebels’ threats to seize more territory. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine sending troops to defend cities
Ukraine is rearming and deploying newly formed units to protect cities in the east of the country from threatened attempts by pro-Russian rebels to seize more territory. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Russian troops move closer to Ukraine border: NATO chief
Military tensions are escalating around eastern Ukraine as NATO says Russian troops have moved closer to the border with Ukraine and Kiev bolsters defences in eastern cities. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Russian troops moving closer to Ukraine border: NATO chief
Russia has moved troops closer to the border with Ukraine and continues to support rebels in the country’s east, NATO’s chief said on Tuesday, after an election held by the pro-Russian separatists and condemned by Kiev and Western leaders. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Russia recognises Ukraine separatists, provoking new sanctions threat
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has announced that it will “respect the will” of separatist voters in eastern Ukraine, in defiance of international warnings that their actions were illegal. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Pro-Russian separatist Alexander Zakharchenko wins Ukraine rebel vote
Pro-Russian separatist Alexander Zakharchenko has easily won an election for leadership of a breakaway republic in eastern Ukraine, the vote’s organisers said on Monday. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine pro-Russia rebels hold elections in the east, fueling conflict
Residents of rebel-held eastern Ukraine voted for leaders on Sunday, taking another step toward establishing an independent enclave and exacerbating tensions between Russia and the West. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukrainian rebels go ahead with controversial elections
(For more on the Ukraine conflict, see EXT2.) …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Europe, Russia at odds over early eastern Ukraine elections
The separatist poll in eastern Ukraine on Sunday is aimed at electing leaders and a parliament in a self-proclaimed autonomous republic but the elections have been dubbed `illegitimate’. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
More remains found at MH17 crash site
Investigators have recovered additional human remains in eastern Ukraine after gaining rare access to the site where MH17 was downed in mid-July. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
