Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Prisoners of war put to work in east Ukraine (AFP)
Ilovaisk (Ukraine) (AFP) – On the snowy roof of a music school in eastern Ukraine, workers are busy fixing damage from artillery shelling. When their shift ends, they line up in single file to return to their cells. …read more Source: The West...
Poroshenko says ceasefire in Ukraine is now ‘real’ (AFP)
Sydney (AFP) – President Petro Poroshenko on Friday said a “real” ceasefire was in place in Ukraine after the first 24 hours in seven months without a military casualty, although he admitted the standoff was fragile. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine mulls Australia energy to ease reliance on Russia (AFP)
Sydney (AFP) – Energy-starved Ukraine Thursday held talks with Australia over the supply of coal and uranium as it looks to ease its reliance on hostile neighbour Russia for gas. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine leader pleads with Russia to withdraw as truce holds (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday pleaded with Russia to withdraw its troops from his country and close the border, saying doing so would create peace in the war-torn region within weeks. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine president pleads with Russia to withdraw (AFP)
Sydney (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday pleaded with Russia to withdraw its troops from his country and close the border, saying it would lead to almost immediate peace. …read more Source: The West...
Truce holds in Ukraine but next steps uncertain (AFP)
Sulaimaniyah (Iraq) (AFP) – A day-old ceasefire largely held along the bloodied frontline in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday but hopes of peace talks and pulling back heavy weaponry still hung in the balance. …read more Source: The West...
Mysterious spate of bombings hit Ukraine military hub (AFP)
Kharkiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – The city of Kharkiv in Ukraine’s industrial east has stayed out of rebel hands but a mysterious spate of bombings has triggered fears that Russia is trying to destabilise this key defence hub. …read more Source: The West...
MH17 wreckage arrives at Dutch base (AFP)
Gilze-Rijen Airbase (Netherlands) (AFP) – A convoy carrying wreckage from Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 arrived at a Dutch airbase on Tuesday where it will be pieced together as part of a probe into its shooting down over Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Energy-starved Ukraine gets first Russian gas since June (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Energy-starved Ukraine said on Tuesday it had received the first Russian natural gas shipments since a politically charged price dispute saw Moscow cut off its Westward-leaning neighbour in June. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine peace talks delayed but ceasefire largely holds (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Planned peace talks between Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels were postponed on Tuesday but a ceasefire appeared to be largely holding along the frontline in the ex-Soviet republic’s war-shattered east. …read more Source: The West...
