Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Moscow threatens to block BBC Russian Service (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia threatened Tuesday to block the website of the BBC’s Russian Service because it reported an activist’s public appeal to get people to attend a rally mocking Moscow’s policy in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
At least 285,000 flee Ukraine crisis: UN (AFP)
Geneva (AFP) – At least 285,000 people have fled their homes because of the conflict in eastern Ukraine, the United Nations said Tuesday, warning that intensified battles could lead to a “massive exodus”. …read more Source: The West...
Moscow threatens to block BBC Russian service Service (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia on Tuesday threatened to block the website of the BBC’s Russian service because it reported an activist’s public appeal to get people to attend a rally mocking Moscow’s annexation of Crimea. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainians flee besieged Donetsk as fighting closes in (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – The once-bustling leafy boulevards of central Donetsk are now deserted but one place where there is almost certain to be a crowd is the rebel-held city’s ornate Stalin-era railway station. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine closes in on rebel stronghold, urges civilians to flee (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine said Monday its forces were closing in on the main rebel-held bastion of Donetsk and urged the insurgents to let civilians leave besieged eastern cities as fears of a humanitarian crisis mounted. …read more Source: The West...
Thousands of Russians stranded abroad after tour operator fails (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia is striving to bring back nearly 16,000 tourists stranded abroad after the latest in a string of travel companies failed amid strains over the crisis in Ukraine, tourism officials said Monday. …read more Source: The West...
World leaders mark outbreak of WWI (AFP)
Liege (Belgium) (AFP) – World leaders on Monday commemorated the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I by warning of lessons to be learned in the face of today’s many crises, including Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Thousands of Russians stranded abroad as tour operator fails (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia was striving to bring back nearly 16,000 tourists stranded abroad after the latest in a string of travel companies failed amid strains over the crisis in Ukraine, tourism officials said Monday. …read more Source: The West...
Russia says hundreds of Ukraine soldiers seek refuge (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia said on Monday that more than 400 Ukrainian soldiers had crossed over onto its territory to avoid fighting with pro-Kremlin insurgents in the east. …read more Source: The West...
Russia stages military drills involving 100 aircraft (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia on Monday announced new military drills that will involve 100 aircraft on its southern flank in the latest in a series of manoeuvres likely to alarm war-torn Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
