Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Ukraine blows up Russian military vehicles (AFP)
There are fears Ukraine and Russia tensions could spill into all-out war after a Russian military convoy was blown up. …read more Source: The West...
Russian defence ministry denies military convoy entered Ukraine (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – The Russian defence ministry denied Friday that it had sent a military convoy into Ukraine after officials in Kiev said they destroyed part of the armoured column. …read more Source: The West...
EU ministers ‘alarmed’ by Russian troops in Ukraine (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – EU ministers urged Russia on Friday to put an “immediate stop” to all forms of hostilities near the Ukrainian border after reports that a Russian armoured convoy had entered conflict-torn eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine says ‘destroyed’ military vehicles that crossed from Russia (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian artillery destroyed military vehicles that crossed from Russia into eastern Ukraine late Thursday, the office of President Petro Poroshenko said. …read more Source: The West...
Russia lets Ukraine inspect aid convoy (AP)
Russia has made moves to dispel Ukrainian fears that its aid operation was a ruse to get military help to pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine inspectors check Russia aid convoy (AP)
Ukrainian border and customs officials have begun inspecting a Russian aid convoy before it crosses into Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Tokyo investors eye Fed chief speech next week (AFP)
Tokyo (AFP) – Tokyo investors will focus on a speech by US Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen next week as investor concerns about crises in the Ukraine and Iraq start to ease, brokers said. …read more Source: The West...
Russian armoured vehicles near Ukraine border (AFP)
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKY (Russia) (AFP) – Russian armoured vehicles were moving Friday towards the Ukrainian border, AFP journalists said, after British media reports that a small group had crossed into Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
11 civilians killed by shelling in rebel-held Donetsk (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Shelling killed 11 civilians and wounded eight more over the past 24 hours in the besieged rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, local authorities said Friday. …read more Source: The West...
Rebel forces unravel as Ukraine military cuts off key stronghold (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine have suffered dramatic setbacks after top military chiefs quit and Kiev’s forces pummelled their strongholds, cutting off a key rebel-held city from the Russian border. …read more Source: The West...
