Section: Australia&NZ
US plans to store heavy arms in Baltic, Eastern Europe – source
The United States plans to store heavy military equipment in the Baltics and Eastern European nations to reassure allies made uneasy by Russian intervention in Ukraine, and to deter further aggression, a senior US official said on Saturday. …read more Source:...
One Ukrainian serviceman killed as eastern attacks intensify (Reuters)
KIEV (Reuters) – A Ukrainian serviceman was killed and 21 were wounded in separatist attacks in the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian military said on Sunday, as both sides accused the other of intensifyin… …read more Source: The West...
New deaths and diplomatic warfare rattle Ukraine truce (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s faltering peace deal suffered fresh setbacks on Saturday when Kiev reported the deaths of six soldiers and accused Moscow of abetting an attack on one of its Russian consulates. …read more Source: The West...
New deaths and diplomatic warfare shake Ukraine truce (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s faltering peace agreement suffered fresh setbacks Saturday when Kiev reported the death of six soldiers and accused Moscow of abetting an attack on one of its Russian consulates. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainian soldiers killed, wounded despite ceasefire
Six Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and 14 wounded in separatist eastern territory since Friday, despite a four-month-old ceasefire deal, the Ukrainian military says. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine says 6 servicemen killed in fighting
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukraine’s military says six of its servicemen have been killed and another 14 wounded in fighting over the past day, one of the highest casualty tolls reported in a single day since an often-violated cease-fire was called… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Caught in the middle: War in Ukraine creates no man’s lands
KATERYNIVKA, Ukraine (AP) ” A single crack of an automatic rifle shattered the tomb-like silence of this no-man’s-land village in east Ukraine. The gunshot, fired in error by a jumpy soldier, sent government border guard troops on… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Six Ukraine soldiers killed in separatist east: Kiev (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s army on Saturday reported the death of six soldiers in the past day of fighting against pro-Russian insurgents in the former Soviet nation’s separatist east. …read more Source: The West...
Six Ukrainian servicemen killed, 14 wounded in past 24 hours (Reuters)
KIEV (Reuters) – Six Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and 14 wounded in separatist eastern territory in the past 24 hours, despite a four-month-old ceasefire deal, the Ukrainian military said on … …read more Source: The West...
Maimed in war, Ukraine rebels recover in Russia (AFP)
Rostov-on-Don (Russia) (AFP) – Former Ukrainian rebel fighter Valery glances down at where his right leg should be as he confronts life’s new reality across the border in Russia. …read more Source: The West...
