Section: Australia&NZ
Civilians flee Ukraine hotspot by bus after truce agreed (AFP)
Debaltseve (Ukraine) (AFP) – Terrified civilians piled onto a convoy of buses Friday as they took advantage of a brief truce to flee the east Ukraine battleground town of Debaltseve. …read more Source: The West...
Fighting traps children underground in east Ukraine (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – As the shelling came closer to 10-year-old Artyom’s neighbourhood, he was forced to swap his local playground for a bunker — just like children across rebel-held east Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Germany, France vow to end bloodshed in Ukraine
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she and French President Francois Hollande will “use all our power” to try and stop the bloodshed in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Television New...
Ten months of bloodshed in Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Here are key dates in the conflict between pro-Moscow separatists and government forces in eastern Ukraine that has left more than 5,300 dead since April 2014, according to the United Nations. …read more Source: The West...
Key points of Ukraine’s tattered peace protocol (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande head to Moscow on Friday to present a new peace plan to Russian leader Vladimir Putin to end separatist violence in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Hollande, Merkel fly peace plan to Putin
ANGELA Merkel and Francois Hollande gained Kiev’s tentative backing for a peace plan aimed at ending surging violence in Ukraine. …read more Source: THE...
Ukraine ‘fighting for very survival’: Biden (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – The United States and Europe must stand together over Ukraine as it battles for survival in the face of escalating Russian military involvement, Vice President Joe Biden said during a visit to Brussels on Friday. …read more Source: The West...
Biden casts doubt on Putin’s peace commitment in Ukraine
BRUSSELS (AP) ” U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is questioning the willingness of Russian President Vladimir Putin to seek peace in Ukraine as the leaders of Germany and France are seeking such a deal in Moscow.Biden said Friday at… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Merkel: Germany, France to use ‘all power" for Ukraine peace
BERLIN (AP) ” German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she and French President Francois Hollande will “use all our power” on their visit to Moscow to try and stop the bloodshed in eastern Ukraine.Speaking Friday before flying to Russia… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Buses to take civilians from Ukraine town after truce agreed (AFP)
Debaltseve (Ukraine) (AFP) – Convoys of buses arrived in Ukraine’s frontline town of Debaltseve on Friday to take besieged civilians to safety after both sides agreed a brief humanitarian truce, an AFP correspondent said. …read more Source: The West...
