Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Igor Strelkov: mysterious Russian who led Ukraine rebels (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – An alleged Russian intelligence colonel with an obsession for reenacting historical battles, Igor Strelkov, who quit as a key rebel chief on Thursday, was a driving force behind the brutal pro-Moscow insurgency tearing apart east Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Russian convoy rolls on towards Ukraine as fighting intensifies (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – A massive Russian “humanitarian” convoy closed in on Ukraine’s border Thursday despite doubts over whether the trucks would be allowed across, and as deadly fighting rocked rebel-held strongholds. …read more Source: The West...
Putin says Russia should not ‘fence itself off’ from West (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia should not “fence itself off from the outside world” despite a plunge in East-West relations over the pro-Kremlin insurgency in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Disputed Russian convoy approaches southeastern Ukraine (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – A Russian aid convoy that Kiev fears Moscow could use to help arm pro-Kremlin insurgents moved closer to separatist southeastern Ukraine on Thursday, a Russian emergencies ministry spokesman said. …read more Source: The West...
Shelling kills 22 in Ukraine’s rebel-held Lugansk: official (AFP)
Lugansk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Shelling has killed at least 22 residents in the besieged rebel-held bastion of Lugansk in east Ukraine over the past 24 hours, a local official said Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
Russian aid convoy heads for east Ukraine (AP)
A massive Russian aid convoy bound for civilians in eastern Ukraine is pushing toward the embattled city of Luhansk. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine signals compromise on Russian convoy as death toll soars (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The UN said Wednesday the death toll in Ukraine had soared with nearly 1,000 killed in two weeks, as Kiev signalled it could compromise on letting in Russian aid. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s Russian Orthodox church elects leader as fighting rages (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s wing of the Russian Orthodox Church elected a pro-Russian conservative as its new leader Wednesday, as Kiev appealed for the church to help unite the country being torn apart by a pro-Moscow insurgency. …read more Source: The West...
Anger at army as small town near Ukraine rebel hub smoulders (AFP)
Yasynuvata (Ukraine) (AFP) – Alexandra swept up glass outside the bank where she works in a small town in eastern Ukraine where fires still burned a hour after rockets rained down on its centre. …read more Source: The West...
Abbott sceptical of Russian aid convoy (AAP)
Russia claims it’s sending an aid convoy to help people in war-ravaged eastern Ukraine but Tony Abbott is worried it could be an invasion in disguise. …read more Source: The West...
