Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Army unmoved as Ukraine villagers plead for guns to go (AFP)
Berdyanske (Ukraine) (AFP) – Reduced to drinking rainwater, their houses rattled by artillery blasts despite a ceasefire, villagers on the frontline of Ukraine’s eastern conflict are pleading for the forces to withdraw. …read more Source: The West...
Russia sanctions only lifted when truce respected: G7 (AFP)
Luebeck (Germany) (AFP) – Russia can expect international sanctions against it to be lifted only when it complies with the terms of a ceasefire with Ukraine, foreign ministers from the Group of Seven said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
Dutch to renew search for body parts, debris at MH17 crash site (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Dutch and international investigators will renew their search for body parts and debris at the MH17 plane crash site in restive eastern Ukraine, including at a location previously considered unsafe, the team’s chief announced Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
G7 foreign ministers look to progress on Ukraine, Iran (AFP)
Luebeck (Germany) (AFP) – G7 foreign ministers met in Germany on Tuesday looking to build on recent progress on the Ukraine crisis and Iran’s nuclear programme, host Frank-Walter Steinmeier said. …read more Source: The West...
Six Ukrainian soldiers killed as clashes flare in east (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Six soldiers were killed and 12 injured in separatist-held east Ukraine in the last 24 hours as a fresh flare-up of fighting rattles a shaky ceasefire, Kiev’s military said Tuesday. …read more Source: The West...
Six Ukrainian soldiers killed in last 24 hours: military (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Six soldiers were killed in separatist-held eastern Ukraine in the last 24 hours as fighting flared up again despite a fragile ceasefire, military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said Tuesday. …read more Source: The West...
Six Ukrainian soldiers killed in last 24 hours (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Six Ukrainian soldiers were killed in separatist-held eastern Ukraine in the last 24 hours as fighting flared up again despite a ceasefire, military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said Tuesday. …read more Source: The West...
‘Grave concern’ about Ukraine fighting at four-way talks (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – The French, German, Russian and Ukranian foreign ministers expressed “grave concern” Tuesday about violations of a shaky ceasefire in separatist-held east Ukraine but pledged to continue dialogue. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine ceasefire under pressure as four-way talks resume (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – The French, German, Russian and Ukranian foreign ministers met to review a shaky ceasefire in separatist-held east Ukraine Monday as surging fighting around hotspots put fresh pressure on the accord. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine ceasefire under pressure ahead of key four-way talks (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Surging fighting around hotspots in separatist-held east Ukraine put fresh pressure on a shaky ceasefire under review at talks on Monday between the French, German, Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers. …read more Source: The West...
