Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Pro-Russia rebels cement hold on disputed Ukraine airport (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Pro-Russian rebels cemented their hold Friday on a long-disputed airport ceded by Ukrainian troops during an upsurge in clashes that killed nearly 50 people and punctured Europe’s latest push for peace in the nine-month war. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine troops cede prized airport to pro-Russia rebels (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s military on Thursday said days of unceasing artillery strikes by pro-Russian insurgents had forced its soldiers to abandon a shattered airport that had become the symbolic prize of the nine-month war. …read more Source: The West...
Rebels parade Ukrainian POWs through shelled city (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Captured Ukrainian soldiers were paraded through the rebel-held city of Donetsk on Thursday and forced to kneel before angry locals who spat and pelted them with snowballs and shards of glass. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine leader says pro-Russia rebels paid ‘high price’ for attacks (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday that pro-Russian rebels had paid a “high price” for their escalating attacks on government forces across the separatist east. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine requests fresh IMF bailout (AFP)
Davos (Switzerland) (AFP) – Ukraine has asked the IMF for a new and broader rescue package, and would seek to renegotiate its debt with bond holders, officials said on Wednesday as the war-torn country fights to save its reeling economy. …read more Source: The West...
Foreign ministers seek Ukraine ceasefire (AFP)
The foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France have agreed to a joint call for all sides to cease hostilities in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Foreign ministers in Ukraine talks call for ceasefire (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – The foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France ended their latest Berlin crisis meeting Wednesday with a joint call to cease hostilities in Ukraine but no breakthrough agreement to stop the bloodshed. …read more Source: The West...
Foreign ministers ink Ukraine declaration (AAP)
The foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France have agreed to a joint declaration on Ukraine, German sources say. …read more Source: The West...
Diplomats meet in Berlin as Ukraine fighting flares (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – The foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France met Wednesday seeking to defuse the conflict in Ukraine, whose president charged that Moscow sent in 9,000 troops to fuel the separatist insurgency. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine leader says 9,000 Russian troops backing rebels (AFP)
Lugansk (Ukraine) (AFP) – President Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday more than 9,000 Russian troops were backing Ukrainian separatist fighters that Moscow will be under pressure to reel in at high-stakes peace talks in Berlin. …read more Source: The West...
