Section: Australia&NZ
Rockets kill 30 in Ukrainian city as rebels launch offensive
Indiscriminate rocket fire slammed into a market, schools, homes and shops Saturday in Ukraine’s southeastern city of Mariupol, killing at least 30 people, authorities said. The Ukrainian president called the blitz a terrorist attack… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
EU, NATO call on Russia to end support of Ukraine rebels (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – The EU and NATO called on Russia to end its support for rebels in Ukraine, with Brussels mulling an emergency meeting after at least 30 people were killed in the port of Mariupol in a major escalation of the fighting. …read more Source: The West...
EU mulls emergency meeting over Russia-Ukraine conflict (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – The European Union is considering an emergency meeting to discuss the Russia-Ukraine conflict after rocket attacks killed at least 30 people in Ukraine’s strategic Maruipol port on Saturday. …read more Source: The West...
At least 30 killed in rocket fire in Ukraine as rebels launch new offensive
Pro-Kremlin rebels announce a major new offensive after Grad rocket fire killed at least 30 people in a strategic government-held Ukrainian port city of Mariupol. …read more Source: ABC...
Rebels announce offensive on key Ukraine city
Pro-Kremlin rebels have announced an offensive after heavy rocket fire killed at least 30 people in a strategic government-held Ukrainian port. …read more Source:...
Grad rockets kill 15 in Ukraine vital port
15 people died and 46 were wounded in Mariupol city after Grad rockets hit a vital port linking Ukraine land with Russian-occupied Crimea. …read more Source:...
East Ukrainian city of Mariupol shelled – officials
Ten people were killed in shelling by pro-Russian separatists in the east Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, the head of the Kiev-controlled Donetsk regional police said. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Rockets fired on Ukraine’s Mariupol from rebel territory: OSCE (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Heavy rockets that killed at least 30 people on Saturday in Ukraine’s government-held port of Mariupol were fired from territory controlled by pro-Russian rebels, international monitors said. …read more Source: The West...
Pro-Russian rebels attack key port, Ukraine says at least 30 dead
Pro-Russian rebels have launched an offensive against the strategic port of Mariupol in eastern Ukraine, prompting the European Union’s foreign policy chief to warn of a further “grave deterioration” in EU-Russian relations. …read more Source:...
Rebels launch offensive against eastern Ukrainian city
Rocket fire slammed into a market, schools, homes and shops in Mariupol, killing at least 29 people. …read more Source: Television New...
