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MH17: Photos ‘show moment plane shot down’
Russian state-controlled TV has broadcast what it calls “sensational” photographs, which it says supported Moscow’s theory that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a Ukrainian fighter jet. …read more Source:...
Putin put on notice at G20 over Ukraine
The Ukraine crisis overshadowed talks on global economic growth at a G20 leaders meeting, with Europe calling on Russia to stop the flow of weapons and troops into the country and holding out the threat of further sanctions if it did not. …read more Source:...
World leaders arrive for G20 summit in Brisbane
The streets of Brisbane are near empty and protests were gathering steam as leaders from around the world descended on Brisbane for the G20 summit, which is setting up as a showdown between Western leaders and Russian President Vladimir Putin, following fresh reports of Russian troops pouring into eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine ceasefire all but dead, OSCE envoy says
?The ceasefire in eastern Ukraine is all but dead, Ukraine’s representative to the Organisation of Security and Co-operation in Europe told Austrian newspaper Die Presse. …read more Source:...
Ukraine moves troops to ward off rebels
Ukraine said on Wednesday it was redeploying troops in the east because of fears that separatists will launch a new military offensive, despite Russia’s denials it has sent troops to reinforce the rebels. …read more Source:...
Where are the bodies, MH17 families ask
Daisy Oehlers and Bryce Fredriksz, a Dutch couple in their early 20s, were sitting near the left wing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 on their way to a holiday in Bali, when “high energy objects” – as officials later called them – struck the plane over eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Heavy shelling threatens east Ukraine ceasefire
Heavy shelling resumed around the pro-Russian separatist stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday (Wednesday NZT), a Reuters witness said, increasing concerns a ceasefire between the rebels and government forces could crumble. …read more Source:...
MH17: Netherlands holds sombre memorial
The Netherlands has held a sombre and emotional memorial for the 298 people who died when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over war-torn eastern Ukraine in July. …read more Source:...
All-out war looms in Ukraine
New columns of tanks, trucks and heavy artillery have rumbled towards the pro-Moscow rebel stronghold of Donetsk as fears grew of a return to all-out fighting in war-torn eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine ceasefire under strain
Heavy shelling around the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk increased strains on a two-month-old ceasefire between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists on Sunday. …read more Source:...
