Section: The West Australian (Australia)
West raises pressure on Russia to save Ukraine truce (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Western pressure mounted on Russia Saturday to save Ukraine’s crumbling truce as pro-Kremlin insurgents staged intensifying raids on an airport vital for sustaining their independence drive. …read more Source: The West...
Western pressure mounts on Russia to save Ukraine truce (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Russia came under mounting pressure from the West on Saturday to save Ukraine’s crumbling truce with pro-Kremlin insurgents who are engaged in intensifying raids on an airport vital for sustaining their independence drive. …read more Source: The West...
Teach English, not Russian in Ukraine schools: president (AFP)
Lviv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Friday risked further angering the Kremlin by suggesting that English lessons replace Russian ones in schools to improve the country’s standard of living. …read more Source: The West...
Battle rages for Ukraine’s main eastern airport (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainian forces clashed with pro-Russian insurgents over control of a strategic airport in the restive east Friday and traded blame over the death of a Swiss aid worker, four weeks into their shaky truce. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine, pro-Russia rebels trade blame for Red Cross death (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian rebels clashed Friday around the flashpoint city of Donetsk, while trading blame over the death of a Swiss aid worker, four weeks into their shaky truce. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine, rebels both claim Donetsk gains (AAP)
Fighting continues in the eastern city of Donetsk as the Ukrainian government and rebels both claim military gains. …read more Source: The West...
Shelling in Ukraine rebel hub kills Swiss Red Cross worker (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Shelling in the centre of the main rebel-held city in Ukraine’s east killed a Swiss Red Cross worker Thursday, tearing badly at a weakly observed four-week truce meant to defuse Europe’s worst crisis in decades. …read more Source: The West...
EU worried by new Ukraine fighting despite truce (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – The European Union expressed concern Thursday about new fighting in eastern Ukraine that has killed both civilians and soldiers despite a truce agreed last month between pro-Russian rebels and government troops. …read more Source: The West...
Swiss aid worker killed in shelling of Ukraine rebel hub (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – A Swiss Red Cross worker died Thursday when shells burst through the heart of Ukraine’s main pro-Russian stronghold for the first time since the foes struck a September 5 truce aimed at ending Europe’s worst crisis in decades. …read more Source: The West...
First shelling in heart of Ukraine’s rebel hub interrupts truce (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – The heart of Ukraine’s main pro-Russian separatist city came under heavy shelling Thursday for the first time since Moscow and Kiev struck a truce aimed at ending Europe’s worst crisis in decades. …read more Source: The West...
