Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine prisoner swap under way on frontline (AFP)
Zholobok (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s military and pro-Russian separatists on Saturday began exchanging scores of prisoners each had taken, AFP journalists present in the frontline town where the swap was occurring reported. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s ousted leader vows return
UKRAINE’S former pro-Kremlin president, whose toppling sparked the bloody war raging in the country’s east, has declared: “I’ll be back”. …read more Source:...
40,000 attend Moscow pro-Putin rally (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Tens of thousands of strongman Vladimir Putin’s supporters rallied Saturday near the Kremlin walls, a year after protests in neighbouring Ukraine led to the fall of its pro-Russian president. …read more Source: The West...
Prisoner swap in Ukraine
PRO-RUSSIAN rebels prepared today to swap prisoners with their Ukrainian government foes as part of a battered ceasefire. …read more Source: THE...
Pope, Merkel discuss Ukraine and fight against poverty
VATICAN CITY (AP) ” Pope Francis and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have discussed the conflict in Ukraine and the fight against poverty during a private audience, the second between the two.The Vatican described the 40-minute… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Thousands gather in Moscow to protest ‘fascist coup’ in Kiev
MOSCOW (AP) ” Thousands of protesters have gathered in downtown Moscow to demonstrate against what they describe as a “fascist coup” one year ago in neighboring Ukraine.The demonstrators gathered near Red Square on Saturday to protest… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Pro-Kremlin demo vows ‘no Maidan’ for Russia (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Thousands of pro-Kremlin activists took to the streets of central Moscow on Saturday vowing to prevent a Ukraine-style uprising in Russia. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine lost 179 troops in battle for Debaltseve: advisor (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine lost 179 troops in a month-long battle with pro-Russian rebels that ended in defeat over the key eastern town of Debaltseve, an advisor to the country’s president said. …read more Source: The West...
US, Britain discussing new Russia sanctions over Ukraine
LONDON (AP) ” The United States and Britain are discussing new sanctions against Russia as Ukraine’s week-old cease-fire proves ineffective.U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says Moscow is being “extraordinarily craven” for supporting… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russian conscripts tell of fears of being sent to Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” When Alexander was due to finish his year of mandatory military service in October, his commander told him he had no choice: He had to sign a contract to extend his stay in the army and head to southern Russia for troop… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
