Section: The West Australian (Australia)
NATO says Russian military equipment entering east Ukraine (AFP)
Sofia (AFP) – NATO has observed columns of Russian military equipment including tanks, artillery and combat troops entering eastern Ukraine in the past two days, the military alliance’s supreme allied commander said Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
Heavy shelling rocks Ukraine rebel bastion Donetsk (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Heavy artillery fire on Wednesday rocked east Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebel bastion of Donetsk, after international monitors warned over escalating violence following the arrival of columns of insurgent reinforcements. …read more Source: The West...
Heavy artillery fire around Ukraine rebel city Donetsk (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Heavy artillery fire on Wednesday rocked east Ukraine’s main rebel bastion of Donetsk in the fiercest fighting around the city in days, an AFP journalist said. …read more Source: The West...
Russia balks at UN support for Bosnia amid Ukraine rift (AFP)
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Russia on Tuesday refused to endorse a UN resolution on Bosnia that Moscow said would push the Balkan country towards NATO and the European Union — a scenario that led to the conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Monitors fear rising violence in eastern Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – International observers issued a stark warning over escalating violence in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday as Dutch investigators hoping to recover debris from a doomed airliner left the MH17 crash site with little progress. …read more Source: The West...
Merkel says EU not planning new sanctions against Russia (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday that the European Union was not planning new sanctions against Russia over a fresh spike in violence in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
West confronts Putin at Asia-Pacific summit (AFP)
Beijing (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday had a close-up brush with Western anger over the Ukraine crisis and the downing of Flight MH17, as the White House warned that his sanctions-hit government was staring at “isolation”. …read more Source: The West...
Fears of all-out Ukraine war grow as MH17 families mourn (AFP)
Shakhtarsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – New columns of tanks, trucks and heavy artillery rumbled towards the pro-Moscow rebel stronghold of Donetsk on Monday as fears grew of a return to all-out fighting in war-torn eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Fears grow of all-out war in Ukraine as MH17 families mourn (AFP)
Shakhtarsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – New unidentified unarmoured columns rumbled toward the pro-Moscow rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Monday as fears grew of a return to all-out fighting in the war-torn region. …read more Source: The West...
Fears grow of return to all-out fighting in Ukraine (AFP)
Shakhtarsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – New unidentified columns loaded with heavy weapons rumbled toward the pro-Moscow rebel stronghold in eastern Ukraine on Monday as fears grew of a return to all-out fighting in the war-torn region. …read more Source: The West...
