Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Shell kills young footballers in crumbling Ukraine ceasefire (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s tattered ceasefire came under new strain Wednesday as shelling killed two teenagers playing football in rebel-held Donetsk and President Petro Poroshenko said he was deploying reinforcements to face a threatened separatist offensive. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine civilians killed as shells hit schoolyard in Donetsk (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Two civilians including a teenage boy were killed on Wednesday when shelling hit a school playing field in east Ukraine’s rebel-held Donetsk, an AFP journalist said. …read more Source: The West...
Surrounded by rebels, Ukrainian soldiers battle on (AFP)
Frunze (Ukraine) (AFP) – The boom of incoming artillery fire from the Ukrainian position sends the pro-Russian rebels scrambling for cover. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine sending troops to defend cities against rebels: Poroshenko (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine is rearming and deploying newly formed units to protect cities in the east of the country from threatened attempts by pro-Russian rebels to seize more territory, President Petro Poroshenko said Tuesday. …read more Source: The West...
Tens of thousands march for Putin in shadow of Ukraine war (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Tens of thousands of President Vladimir Putin’s supporters marched through central Moscow on Tuesday in the latest show of increasingly feverish patriotism stirred by the war in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine rearming in case of rebel offensive: Poroshenko (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine is rearming and deploying new units to the east of the country to counter any attempt by pro-Russian rebels to take over more territory, President Petro Poroshenko said Tuesday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine supports peace, but ready for war: Poroshenko (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine remains committed to a peace process with pro-Russian separatists, but is rearming and prepared for war should they attempt to launch a new offensive, President Petro Poroshenko said Tuesday. …read more Source: The West...
EU says Ukraine rebel vote risks ‘closing’ window for peace (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – Elections held by pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine threaten to close the “window of opportunity” for a peaceful solution to the bloody crisis, EU foreign affairs head Federica Mogherini said Tuesday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine committed to peace plan: Poroshenko (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday insisted that Kiev remains committed to a battered peace plan for the war-torn east despite controversial elections held by pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine leaders hold crisis talks on peace plan (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and his defence chiefs are to meet Tuesday on the future of an already teetering peace accord with pro-Russian rebels, as the insurgents swore in their leaders after controversial polls. …read more Source: The West...
