Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Prisoners swapped in dark of Ukraine frontline (AFP)
Kostyantynivka (Ukraine) (AFP) – The two warring sides lined up the prisoners some 100 metres apart on an isolated stretch of highway in the no-man’s land between their frontlines. …read more Source: The West...
Kiev and rebels swap hundreds of captives in peace push (AFP)
Kostyantynivka (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels swapped hundreds of prisoners on Friday as part of a new push for peace in one of Europe’s bloodiest conflicts in decades. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine and pro-Russia rebels begin mass prisoner swap (AFP)
Kostyantynivka (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels on Friday began swapping hundreds of soldiers under the terms of a preliminary deal agreed this week in the Belarusian capital Minsk. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine, rebels try to revive stalled peace talks (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian and pro-Russian rebel leaders tried on Friday to revive peace talks that stalled after just one round due to stark difference over how to end the eight-month separatist war. …read more Source: The West...
No Ukraine peace talks in Minsk Friday: Belarus (AFP)
Minsk (AFP) – Ukrainian representatives and pro-Russian rebels will not be meeting in the Belarussian capital Minsk on Friday for what Kiev had hoped would be the signing of a final peace deal, a Belarussian official said. …read more Source: The West...
Conflict-hit east Ukraine struggles for festive joy (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – The big tree with the glimmering holiday lights is up but the festive spirit is missing on Lenin Square in the heart of east Ukraine’s rebel stronghold of Donetsk. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine truce hangs in balance after ‘difficult’ talks (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The latest push for peace in Ukraine appeared moribund on Thursday after initial talks failed to agree when the warring sides should meet again to try ending their eight-month conflict. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine peace talks resume in Minsk: official (AFP)
Minsk (AFP) – A new round of talks aimed at ending a protracted Moscow-backed separatist uprising in eastern Ukraine got underway in the Belarussian capital Minsk on Wednesday, a foreign ministry spokesman said. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels resume peace talks (AFP)
Minsk (AFP) – Ukranian and rebel envoys prepared for intense talks on Wednesday aimed at ending a pro-Russian uprising that has left the ex-Soviet republic in ruins and upset East-West ties. …read more Source: The West...
Outraging Russia, Ukraine takes big step toward NATO (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine took a historic step toward NATO on Tuesday in a parliamentary vote that stoked Russia’s anger ahead of talks on ending the ex-Soviet state’s separatist war. …read more Source: The West...
