Section: Australia&NZ
Battle rages for key Ukraine town as US accuses Russia (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Battles raged for control of the eastern Ukrainian flashpoint town of Debaltseve on Wednesday as the West pointedly blamed Russia and rebel forces for violating the internationally-backed ceasefire. …read more Source: The West...
Dozens of Ukraine army tanks, vehicles seen leaving Debaltseve (AFP)
Artemivsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Dozens of Ukrainian army tanks and vehicles were seen pulling out of the besieged strategic eastern town of Debaltseve on Wednesday, an AFP reporter in the area observed. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine rebel leader ‘recovering from injury’ (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – A separatist rebel leader in eastern Ukraine has been wounded and was on Wednesday recovering in hospital after a firefight in the town of Debaltseve where violence is continuing despite the European-brokered truce. …read more Source: The West...
Some Ukrainian troops withdraw from key town as battle rages (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Some Ukrainian troops were pulling out of Debaltseve, a strategic eastern town besieged by pro-Russian rebels, while others engaged in “full-scale street fighting” with the separatists, an official there told AFP by telephone. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine says rebels continue their onslaught on Debaltseve
VUHLEHIRSK, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukrainian officials say Russia-back rebels are continuing their onslaught on the railroad junction of Debaltseve, the epicenter of fighting between the separatist and government troops in eastern Ukraine.Fierce… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine ceasefire violation condemned
The US has strongly condemned the violation of the ceasefire by separatist forces acting in concert with Russian forces in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Biden condemns Ukraine cease-fire violations
WASHINGTON (AP) ” Vice President Joe Biden is condemning violations of a cease-fire in eastern Ukraine that the White House is blaming on pro-Russian separatists and Russian forces.Biden spoke by phone Tuesday with Ukrainian President… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Putin visits his EU friend, Hungary’s Orban, amid Ukraine tension (AFP)
Budapest (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin paid a controversial visit to Budapest on Tuesday, showing the world he still has a friend in Europe in Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban despite East-West tension over Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Putin: Just what is he thinking?
PRESIDENT Vladmir Putin is overextended. His Ukraine powerplay is dragging on and discontent is echoing in Moscow’s streets. So why has he come out swinging? …read more Source:...
What truce? Ukraine rebels on road to besieged town (AFP)
Chornukhyne (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ducking for cover behind the walls of a ruined house, pro-Russian rebels unleash a hail of automatic rifle fire and rocket-propelled grenades at Ukrainian troops just a few hundred metres away. …read more Source: The West...
