Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Ukraine troops pull out of besieged flashpoint town (AFP)
Artemivsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainian troops pulled out of the flashpoint eastern town of Debaltseve on Wednesday after it was stormed by pro-Russian rebels in what the EU said was a “clear violation” of an internationally-backed truce. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine troops pull out of besieged Debaltseve (AFP)
Artemivsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainian troops pulled out of the hotspot eastern town of Debaltseve on Wednesday after it was stormed by pro-Russian rebels in what the EU said was a “clear violation” of an internationally-backed truce. …read more Source: The West...
Battle rages for key Ukraine town as US accuses Russia (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Battles raged for control of the eastern Ukrainian flashpoint town of Debaltseve on Wednesday as the West pointedly blamed Russia and rebel forces for violating the internationally-backed ceasefire. …read more Source: The West...
Dozens of Ukraine army tanks, vehicles seen leaving Debaltseve (AFP)
Artemivsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Dozens of Ukrainian army tanks and vehicles were seen pulling out of the besieged strategic eastern town of Debaltseve on Wednesday, an AFP reporter in the area observed. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine rebel leader ‘recovering from injury’ (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – A separatist rebel leader in eastern Ukraine has been wounded and was on Wednesday recovering in hospital after a firefight in the town of Debaltseve where violence is continuing despite the European-brokered truce. …read more Source: The West...
Some Ukrainian troops withdraw from key town as battle rages (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Some Ukrainian troops were pulling out of Debaltseve, a strategic eastern town besieged by pro-Russian rebels, while others engaged in “full-scale street fighting” with the separatists, an official there told AFP by telephone. …read more Source: The West...
Putin visits his EU friend, Hungary’s Orban, amid Ukraine tension (AFP)
Budapest (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin paid a controversial visit to Budapest on Tuesday, showing the world he still has a friend in Europe in Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban despite East-West tension over Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
What truce? Ukraine rebels on road to besieged town (AFP)
Chornukhyne (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ducking for cover behind the walls of a ruined house, pro-Russian rebels unleash a hail of automatic rifle fire and rocket-propelled grenades at Ukrainian troops just a few hundred metres away. …read more Source: The West...
Putin urges Kiev not to stop Ukraine soldiers from laying down arms (AFP)
Budapest (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday urged Kiev to allow Ukrainian soldiers who are encircled by pro-Russian rebels in the town of Debaltseve to lay down their weapons. …read more Source: The West...
Kiev demands ‘tough’ response against Russia over broken truce (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday demanded a “tough reaction” from the West against Russia over a broken ceasefire deal in a phone call with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, his office said. …read more Source: The West...
