Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Ukraine inmates flee as shells hit Donetsk jail (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Over 100 inmates broke out of jail when shells rained down on a high-security prison in the besieged rebel stronghold of Donetsk in east Ukraine, killing one, local authorities said Monday. …read more Source: The West...
Kerry in Australia with deeper military cooperation on agenda (AFP)
Sydney (AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Sydney on Monday for annual talks expected to deepen military engagement with close ally Australia, but the focus will also be on hotspots abroad including Iraq and Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Russia urges ‘humanitarian’ mission as Ukraine rebel bastion pounded (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s army shelled the main rebel bastion of Donetsk Sunday as Russia called for a humanitarian ceasefire, which the West warned could be a pretext by Moscow to send in troops. …read more Source: The West...
Giving birth under fire in a Donetsk hospital cellar (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Just a pink cap was visible as Larisa held her daughter Yeva swathed in a blanket on Sunday, sitting in the cellar of Donetsk’s largest maternity hospital, where she gave birth days ago amid heavy shelling. …read more Source: The West...
Artillery pounds Ukraine rebel bastion as West warns Russia (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Artillery pounded the rebel bastion of Donetsk in southeastern Ukraine on Sunday as the West warned Russia that any attempt to send “humanitarian” troops into the conflict-torn region would be “unacceptable”. …read more Source: The West...
65 victims of MH17 identified, last experts home (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Dutch forensic experts have identified a total of 65 victims of downed flight MH17, the government said on Saturday, as the last of the investigators returned from eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine ‘may cut Russia energy for Europe’ (AAP)
Ukraine Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says parliament is expected to vote next week to cut Russian oil and gas flows to Europe. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine border battles leave 15 dead as sanctions war heats up (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Fierce battles on Ukraine’s porous eastern border left 15 government troops dead as fears of a possible Russian invasion swirled on Friday despite NATO urging Moscow to withdraw its troops along the frontier. …read more Source: The West...
Fierce Ukraine border battles as sanctions war heats up (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Fierce battles on Ukraine’s porous eastern border left 15 government servicemen dead as fears of a possible invasion swirled after NATO urged Moscow to withdraw its troops along the frontier. …read more Source: The West...
Clashes kill 15 Ukrainian servicemen in 24 hours: military (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Fierce fighting in eastern Ukraine has killed 15 Ukrainian servicemen and injured 79 more over the past 24 hours, a Ukrainian military spokesman said Friday. …read more Source: The West...
