Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Scramble to defuse Ukraine tensions as deal nears on aid convoy (AFP)
Donetsk (Russia) (AFP) – European leaders on Saturday scrambled to ease tensions over claims that Ukrainian forces had destroyed Russian military vehicles as Kiev inched closer to allowing a mammoth aid convoy from Moscow over its border. …read more Source: The West...
Shelling brings terror to leafy suburbs of besieged Donetsk (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – After shelling ended overnight in a suburb of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, Konstantin Luchkin emerged from his cellar to find his beehives smashed, the facade of his house blown off and his car burnt and puckered with shrapnel holes. …read more Source: The West...
Tensions boil over Ukraine as Russian convoy waits (AFP)
Kamensk-Shakhtinsky (Russia) (AFP) – Diplomatic efforts to douse an international firestorm over claims that Ukraine’s forces destroyed Russian military vehicles ratcheted up Saturday as Moscow demanded that Kiev allow its mammoth aid convoy to cross the volatile border. …read more Source: The West...
West warns Russia over Ukraine as aid waits in limbo (AFP)
Kamensk-Shakhtinsky (Russia) (AFP) – Ukraine’s crisis entered dangerous new territory Saturday with Kiev claiming its forces destroyed a Russian military convoy, while the US warned Moscow over its “provocative” efforts at destabilisation. …read more Source: The West...
Russia warned over Ukraine as aid waits (AFP)
Ukraine has claimed their forces have destroyed a Russian military convoy, further escalating tensions in the region. …read more Source: The West...
US warns ‘provocative’ Russia as Ukraine tensions rise (AFP)
Washington urged Moscow to stop its “extremely dangerous and provocative” activities after Ukraine said it had destroyed part of a Russian military convoy that entered its territory. …read more Source: The West...
Russian Ukraine ‘incursion’ raises fears (AFP)
Tensions are soaring after Ukraine said it destroyed part of Russian armoured column that crossed the border, even as Russian denied the accusation. …read more Source: The West...
Operation transparency for Russian aid convoy (AFP)
Kamensk-Shakhtinsky (Russia) (AFP) – Two men lift the tarp of a Russian truck near the border with conflict-ridden Ukraine, showing the cargo to around 25 journalists with cameras and microphones in hand. …read more Source: The West...
Merkel urges Putin to stop sending arms, advisors to Ukraine (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to “stop the flow of military equipment, military advisers and armed personnel crossing the border with Ukraine,” in a telephone call on Friday. …read more Source: The West...
Donetsk rebel leader appeals for Russian aid (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – The head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko, said Friday that the inhabitants desperately need Russian humanitarian aid and accused Ukraine of deliberately stalling its arrival. …read more Source: The West...
