Section: The West Australian (Australia)
East Ukrainians in rare protest against Russian-backed rebels (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Several hundred Ukrainians in the country’s war-torn east demanded Monday that pro-Russian insurgents remove scores of rocket launchers from crowded city neighbourhoods and stop provoking government fire on their homes. …read more Source: The West...
Security agency wars add to Ukraine’s spreading woes (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – War-scarred Ukraine was engulfed Monday by a scandal involving the chiefs of its two main domestic security agencies amid claims of criminal dealings with top Russian tycoons. …read more Source: The West...
East Ukrainians stage rare rally against rebel command (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Several hundred Ukrainians in the country’s war-torn east demanded Monday that pro-Russian insurgents remove scores of rocket launchers from crowded city neighbourhoods and stop provoking return government fire on their homes. …read more Source: The West...
Poland says in talks with US on storing heavy weapons (AFP)
Warsaw (AFP) – Poland said on Sunday it is in talks with the United States on the possibility of Washington storing heavy weaponry on Polish soil, as regional tensions run high over Russia and the conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
AFP reporter injured in east Ukraine shelling (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – A local reporter working for Agence France-Presse (AFP) covering the war in eastern Ukraine was injured in the leg by shrapnel on Sunday in the separatists’ de facto capital Donetsk. …read more Source: The West...
One Ukrainian serviceman killed as eastern attacks intensify (Reuters)
KIEV (Reuters) – A Ukrainian serviceman was killed and 21 were wounded in separatist attacks in the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian military said on Sunday, as both sides accused the other of intensifyin… …read more Source: The West...
New deaths and diplomatic warfare rattle Ukraine truce (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s faltering peace deal suffered fresh setbacks on Saturday when Kiev reported the deaths of six soldiers and accused Moscow of abetting an attack on one of its Russian consulates. …read more Source: The West...
New deaths and diplomatic warfare shake Ukraine truce (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s faltering peace agreement suffered fresh setbacks Saturday when Kiev reported the death of six soldiers and accused Moscow of abetting an attack on one of its Russian consulates. …read more Source: The West...
Six Ukraine soldiers killed in separatist east: Kiev (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s army on Saturday reported the death of six soldiers in the past day of fighting against pro-Russian insurgents in the former Soviet nation’s separatist east. …read more Source: The West...
Six Ukrainian servicemen killed, 14 wounded in past 24 hours (Reuters)
KIEV (Reuters) – Six Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and 14 wounded in separatist eastern territory in the past 24 hours, despite a four-month-old ceasefire deal, the Ukrainian military said on … …read more Source: The West...
