Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Ukraine rebels start pullback under peace deal (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Pro-Russian rebels said Tuesday they were starting to withdraw their big guns from the frontline in eastern Ukraine under a peace plan forged with Kiev aimed at ending five months of conflict. …read more Source: The West...
Pro-Russia rebels say withdrawing artillery in east Ukraine (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – The prime minister of the self-proclaimed People’s Republic of Donetsk said Tuesday that rebels have removed artillery from frontline areas where Ukraine had also withdrawn, in line with a peace plan signed Saturday. …read more Source: The West...
Abe drops plan for Putin visit to Japan this year: media (AFP)
Tokyo (AFP) – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has dropped plans to host Russian President Vladimir Putin in Japan this year due to friction after Tokyo imposed sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis, reports said Tuesday. …read more Source: The West...
Living on Ukraine frontline, trying to make sense of war (AFP)
Mariupol (Ukraine) (AFP) – From the balcony of his apartment in Mariupol, a strategic city in the conflict between the Ukraine army and pro-Russian separatists, Piotr Galanji can see the frontline. …read more Source: The West...
Poroshenko warns Ukraine will defend itself if truce fails (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – President Petro Poroshenko warned Sunday that Ukraine must be ready to defend itself should a peace plan aimed at ending a five-month war with pro-Russian insurgents fall through. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine says won’t pull back troops without full ceasefire (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine insisted Sunday it would not pull back its troops from the frontline until all sides cease fire under a peace plan aimed at ending five months of bloodshed in the rebel-held east. …read more Source: The West...
Moscow marchers condemn Kremlin role in Ukraine war (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Thousands of Russians on Sunday marched through Moscow to protest against the Kremlin’s involvement in the Ukraine crisis, in the country’s first major anti-war rally since fighting erupted in April. …read more Source: The West...
Thousands march in Moscow against Kremlin role in Ukraine strife (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Thousands of Russians on Sunday marched through Moscow to protest against the Kremlin’s involvement in the Ukraine crisis, in the country’s first major anti-war rally since fighting erupted in April. …read more Source: The West...
Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine form joint brigade (AFP)
Warsaw (AFP) – Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine on Friday signed an agreement to form a joint brigade intended to modernise the Ukrainian army confronting pro-Kremlin separatists in the country’s east. …read more Source: The West...
New Ukraine peace talks open in Minsk (AFP)
Minsk (AFP) – Face-to-face talks aimed at finding a way to end Ukraine’s brutal five-month war began Friday in the Belarussian capital of Minsk, trying to build on a ragged ceasefire that was agreed in the same city two weeks ago. …read more Source: The West...
