Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine peace hopes crumbling
UKRAINE has appealed to the West to get “tough” on Russia after separatists attacked thousands of troops in violation of a three-day-old ceasefire. …read more Source: THE...
‘Surrender now’ Putin tells Kiev
UKRAINE’s army is on the brink of a major defeat as Russian-backed separatists rebound refreshed from a short ceasefire to encircle the defenders of a key city. …read more Source:...
Putin suggests US is sending arms to Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russian President Vladimir Putin is suggesting that the United States is already delivering weapons to Ukraine.At a news conference Tuesday in Budapest with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Putin was asked how… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Putin urges Kiev not to stop Ukraine soldiers from laying down arms (AFP)
Budapest (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday urged Kiev to allow Ukrainian soldiers who are encircled by pro-Russian rebels in the town of Debaltseve to lay down their weapons. …read more Source: The West...
Peace ‘being destroyed’ as rebels assault Debaltseve
Ukraine accuses rebels and Russia of destroying a fragile, three-day-old ceasefire after insurgents armed with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades stormed a flashpoint town and engaged thousands of troops there in intense combat. …read more Source: ABC...
Russia shelling Ukraine across the countries’ shared border, according to forensic analysis
Satellite images on Google Earth prove that Russia has been shelling Ukraine across the countries’ shared border, according to a new forensic analysis of 1353 artillery craters in Eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Kiev demands ‘tough’ response against Russia over broken truce (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday demanded a “tough reaction” from the West against Russia over a broken ceasefire deal in a phone call with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, his office said. …read more Source: The West...
Russia asks UN Security Council for vote on Ukraine measure
UNITED NATIONS (AP) ” Russia is asking the U.N. Security Council to vote Tuesday on a draft resolution endorsing the new cease-fire agreement on Ukraine and calling on all parties involved to fully carry it out.The council’s current… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine says peace hopes ‘destroyed’ as rebels assault town (AFP)
Soledar (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine on Tuesday accused rebels and Russia of scuppering a fragile three-day-old ceasefire after insurgents armed with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades stormed a flashpoint town and engaged thousands of troops there in intense combat. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine truce unravels as battle rages, arms pullback stalls
Pro-Russian rebels and government forces fought street-to-street in a strategic town in east Ukraine on Tuesday and refused to pull back their heavy guns, all but scuppering hopes that a European-brokered peace deal will end months of conflict. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
