Section: The West Australian (Australia)
After deadly shells, sorrow and chaos at Donetsk hospital (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Why the hospital? Why their neighbourhood? Residents of the Tekstylnyk district in east Ukraine rebel stronghold Donetsk have only tears and unanswered questions after a barrage of shells killed four people. …read more Source: The West...
Which weapons does Kiev need, and what can US provide? (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The White House has signalled it may be ready to change tack and start supplying arms to Ukrainian troops battling pro-Russian separatists, but what does Kiev want — and what can Washington provide? …read more Source: The West...
Hospital shelled in east Ukraine as calls mount for truce (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Shelling at a hospital in east Ukraine killed four people on Wednesday ahead of a visit to Kiev by US Secretary of State John Kerry that will see possible arms supplies high on the agenda. …read more Source: The West...
Munich security meet to focus on ‘collapse of global order’ (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – The Ukraine conflict, Islamic State group jihadists and the wider “collapse of the global order” will occupy the world’s security community at an annual meeting in Germany from Friday. …read more Source: The West...
Twelve killed in east Ukraine, hospital hit (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – At least 12 people were killed in fighting between soldiers and pro-Russian separatists in east Ukraine, including four civilians who died when a hospital was hit in rebel stronghold Donetsk on Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
Russian mother accused of treason returns from prison ‘hell’ (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – A Russian mother of seven accused of treason for allegedly informing Ukraine about possible troop movements told AFP on Wednesday she felt as if she had “returned from hell” after two weeks in jail. …read more Source: The West...
Three killed in shelling around east Ukraine hospital: AFP (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – At least three people were killed Wednesday as shelling damaged a hospital in east Ukraine’s rebel stronghold Donetsk, an AFP journalist at the scene said. …read more Source: The West...
Mother of seven accused of treason released from jail amid outcry (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – A mother of seven accused of treason for telling the Ukrainian embassy about Russian troop movements was to be released from jail Tuesday, her husband said, though the charges against her remain. …read more Source: The West...
Death toll mounts in east Ukraine as US mulls arming Kiev (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Fears grew Tuesday of an escalation in the mounting bloodshed in east Ukraine as the United States mulled arming Kiev and pro-Russian rebels ordered a mass mobilisation. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine run by ‘miserable’ Jews: rebel chief (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebel chief on Monday branded the country’s leaders “miserable” Jews in an apparent anti-Semitic jibe. …read more Source: The West...
