Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Heavy fighting threatens Ukraine ceasefire (AFP)
Mariupol (Ukraine) (AFP) – Gunfire and heavy shelling rocked a key frontline city in eastern Ukraine overnight, raising fears Sunday that a tenuous truce between government and rebel forces had already collapsed. …read more Source: The West...
Explosions in east Ukraine threaten ceasefire (AFP)
Mariupol (Ukraine) (AFP) – Powerful explosions in a key frontline city in eastern Ukraine on Saturday raised fears that a day-old truce between government and rebel forces had already collapsed. …read more Source: The West...
Amnesty accuses Ukraine rivals of war crimes (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Amnesty International accused rival fighters in the Ukraine conflict of war crimes including indiscriminate shelling, abductions, torture, and killings, in a report compiled ahead of the ceasefire deal. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine rebels still pushing for full independence after truce (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s pro-Russian insurgents vowed on Saturday to push for independence after a truce with Kiev appeared to hand them de facto control of huge swathes of the ex-Soviet state’s economically-vital industrial east. …read more Source: The West...
PM vows to keep Australia secure (AAP)
Tony Abbott says he’s determined to keep Australia safe amid threats in the Ukraine and the Middle East. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine ceasefire largely holding (AAP)
The cities of Donetsk and Mariupol have been quiet, city authorities and local media say, after a ceasefire took hold in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Russia warns will react if new EU sanctions imposed (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia warned Saturday that it would react if the European Union imposed fresh economic sanctions against it over the situation in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Rebel leaders accuse Ukraine forces of breaking ceasefire (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine on Saturday accused Kiev’s forces of breaking a ceasefire just hours after it was agreed, and vowed to pursue their independence drive in the east. …read more Source: The West...
Russia warns it will react if new EU sanctions imposed (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia warned Saturday that it would react if the European Union imposed fresh economic sanctions against it over the situation in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
NATO boosts readiness to meet new security threats (AFP)
Newport (United Kingdom) (AFP) – NATO leaders agreed on Friday to boost the readiness of the alliance to meet fresh security threats highlighted by the Ukraine crisis and reaffirmed their commitment to collective defence. …read more Source: The West...
