Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Centre of Ukraine’s Donetsk shelled for first time since truce (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – The centre of Ukraine’s rebel stronghold of Donetsk came under heavy shelling Thursday for the first time since Moscow and Kiev signed a September 5 truce, an AFP correspondent reported. …read more Source: The West...
Pro-Russia rebels stage renewed Ukraine airport assault (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Pro-Russian insurgents launched a fresh assault Thursday on an airport held by isolated Ukrainian forces as a month-old truce came under renewed strain and calls grew for the Kremlin to help halt the bloody revolt. …read more Source: The West...
Merkel urges Putin to use influence over Ukraine rebels (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel, during a telephone call with President Vladimir Putin Wednesday, stressed Moscow’s “responsibility” to act as a moderating influence over the pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Bloody back-to-school for Donetsk schoolchildren (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – “Everything was ready for a nice back-to-school day,” said Zoya, the watch woman of Donetsk school number 57. Instead the festive morning of balloons and flowers ended with a shell that took the lives of four people. …read more Source: The West...
Ten killed in Ukraine’s Donetsk on first day of school (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s largest rebel-controlled city of Donetsk was shaken by violence Wednesday as 10 people were killed, some of them teachers and parents showing up for the first day of school. …read more Source: The West...
Ten killed in Ukraine’s Donetsk on back-to-school day (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s largest rebel-controlled city of Donetsk was rocked by shelling Wednesday as 10 people were killed, some of them teachers and parents showing up for the first day of school. …read more Source: The West...
‘Ten civilians killed by shells’ in Ukraine’s Donetsk (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ten civilians died in attacks in Ukraine’s rebel-held city of Donetsk on Wednesday, including from a shell that hit a school on the first day of class, regional authorities said, blaming pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source: The West...
EU keeps Russia sanctions as clashes resume in Ukraine (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – The European Union on Tuesday decided to keep in place biting economic sanctions on Russia over its alleged backing of pro-Kremlin insurgents who have largely ignored a four-week Ukrainian truce. …read more Source: The West...
EU maintains Russia sanctions as clashes resume in Ukraine (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – The European Union on Tuesday decided to keep in place biting economic sanctions on Russia over its alleged backing of pro-Kremlin insurgents who have largely ignored a four-week Ukrainian truce. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine truce in tatters as election season kicks off (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s tenuous truce and troop withdrawal deal lay in tatters on Tuesday after the deadliest wave of attacks by pro-Russian insurgents in more than a month killed nine government soldiers. …read more Source: The West...
