Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Estonia shows off NATO ties at celebrations on Russian border (AFP)
Narva (Estonia) (AFP) – Estonia marked its independence day Tuesday with a military parade featuring NATO hardware and troops on its eastern border with Russia amid heightened east-west tensions over Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine rebels fill hospital as clashes flare around Mariupol (AFP)
Novoazovsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Wounded rebel fighter Islam Alibaterov limps painfully along the corridor of the hospital in the separatist-held town of Novoazovsk in east Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine rebels mark Soviet holiday for defenders of ‘fatherland’ (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Thousands of men and women gathered on Lenin square in east Ukraine’s main rebel-held city Donetsk on Monday to celebrate a Soviet-era holiday and pay hommage to their fallen fighters. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine accuses pro-Russia rebels of violating truce near Mariupol (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Pro-Russian forces massing near Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol are continuing to attack government troop positions, Kiev said on Monday, fuelling concerns for the fate of an internationally brokered ceasefire. …read more Source: The West...
Pro-Russian rebels set sights on Ukraine port city despite truce (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Pro-Russian forces massing near Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol tried to overrun a troop position overnight, Kiev said on Monday, fuelling concerns for the fate of an internationally brokered ceasefire. …read more Source: The West...
Attack mars peace efforts in Ukraine (AAP)
Two people were killed and at least nine wounded when a nail-packed bomb exploded at a pro-government march in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. …read more Source: The West...
Residents of shattered Ukraine town leave shelters in search of aid (AFP)
Debaltseve (Ukraine) (AFP) – Soviet-era music, remixed to a modern techno track, thunders across Lenin Square in Debaltseve, where a woman jigs a couple of steps in dance. …read more Source: The West...
West hikes warnings over Ukraine truce as new flashpoint ignites (AFP)
Debaltseve (Ukraine) (AFP) – The West sounded more forceful warnings over Ukraine’s battered truce Sunday as fighting raged around the port city of Mariupol and the warring sides wrangled over withdrawing heavy weapons. …read more Source: The West...
Britain will not send arms to Ukraine: minister (AFP)
London (AFP) – A senior British minister ruled out sending arms to Ukraine Sunday as the United States and European nations sought ways to pressure Russia over the conflict in the ex-Soviet republic’s east. …read more Source: The West...
Prisoner swap in Ukraine bolsters truce (AFP)
139 Ukrainian soldiers have been traded for 52 separatist fighters in rare compliance with the otherwise much-violated truce. …read more Source: The West...
