Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Patriotism, adventure lure Russian volunteers to Ukraine conflict (AFP)
Saint Petersburg (AFP) – Filled with patriotic bravado and a thirst for adventure, Yevgeny Pavlenko and his friend Yevgeny Markin volunteered with dozens others to leave their home in Russia to go and fight in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine mourns 33 victims of mine disaster (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine on Thursday observed a day of mourning for 33 miners killed in an apparent gas blast at a notoriously dangerous coal mine in the eastern rebel stronghold of Donetsk. …read more Source: The West...
Hunger-striking Ukraine pilot drinks soup as health fears soar (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko agreed to drink chicken broth Thursday as concerns mount over her health on the 83rd day of a hunger strike in a Russian jail which has seen her lose over 20 kilos (44 pounds), her lawyer said. …read more Source: The West...
Russian troops dying in ‘large numbers’ in eastern Ukraine: NATO (AFP)
Riga (AFP) – Russian troops are dying in combat in “large numbers” in eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russian separatists have been fighting against government forces for a year, a NATO official said Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
Russia denies US claim of ‘thousands’ of troops in Ukraine (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian officials on Thursday dismissed a claim by the United States that Moscow has sent “thousands” of troops to fight alongside pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Day of mourning to mark east Ukraine mine disaster (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine on Thursday observed a day of mourning after 32 miners perished in a blast in a notoriously dangerous mine just a few kilometres from the frontline, where Kiev is reporting an increase in attacks by pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: The West...
Rescuers find 32 dead miners in east Ukraine mine (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Rescuers found 32 bodies of miners in the Zasyadko mine in eastern Ukraine a day after a blast ripped through the shaft, a rebel official said on Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
Over 30 feared dead in east Ukraine mine blast (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – At least 17 miners were killed and 16 more were missing and feared dead in eastern Ukraine after a blast on Wednesday at an accident-prone coal mine in the rebel-held city of Donetsk. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine mine blast ‘kills 32’ (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – At least 10 miners were killed and 23 more were missing feared dead in eastern Ukraine after a blast on Wednesday at an accident-prone coal mine in the rebel-held city of Donetsk. …read more Source: The West...
Bereaved to view MH17 wreckage at Dutch base (AFP)
GILZE-RIJEN AIRBASE (Netherlands) (AFP) – The first of around 500 relatives of those killed in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine visited the wreckage at a Dutch airbase on Tuesday, investigators said. …read more Source: The West...
