Section: Australia&NZ
Putin brands Ukraine army a NATO proxy as fighting flares (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin on Monday ridiculed the Ukrainian army as NATO’s “foreign legion”, ignoring Western pressure on the Kremlin to rein in a pro-Russian insurgency that has gone on the offensive across eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Shelling traps nearly 500 miners in Ukraine
Nearly 500 coal miners in Ukraine’s war-torn east have been briefly trapped after their pit lost power when a shell hit an electricity substation. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Shelling briefly traps 500 miners in east Ukraine (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Nearly 500 coal miners in Ukraine’s war-torn east were briefly trapped underground on Monday after their pit lost power when a shell hit an electricity substation. …read more Source: The West...
Nearly 500 miners trapped in Ukraine
Nearly 500 coal miners in Ukraine’s war-torn east have been trapped after their pit lost power when a shell hit a regional electric substation. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Independent Crimean TV station raided by security forces
MOSCOW (AP) ” Independent Crimean television station ATR has been raided by armed security officials, who told employees they were looking for archival footage of an anti-Russia protest last year.In an emotional video posted on… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Nearly 500 Ukrainian miners trapped after shelling
Nearly 500 coal miners in Ukraine’s war-torn east are trapped after their pit lost power when a shell hit a regional electric substation. …read more Source: ABC...
Russian ruble tumbles after violent weekend in east Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” The Russian currency has fallen by more than 3 percent after escalated fighting in eastern Ukraine over the weekend.The ruble tumbled to 65.8 to the dollar early Monday from 63.7 on opening, after Western leaders announced… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
UN Security Council to meet on Ukraine crisis after deadly clashes (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The UN Security Council will hold a special meeting Monday on the violence in eastern Ukraine after a rocket barrage blamed on Kremlin-backed rebels killed 30 and threatened to open up a new front in the war. …read more Source: The West...
UN Security Council faces Ukraine, Yemen emergency meetings
UNITED NATIONS (AP) ” Diplomats say the U.N. Security Council will hold emergency meetings Monday on the crises in Yemen and Ukraine.Council member Lithuania said Sunday that it had requested the open meeting on Ukraine. Both countries… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Obama concerned about Ukraine attacks
US President Barack Obama has expressed deep concern about ceasefire violations in Ukraine after recent rocket attacks. …read more Source:...
