Section: Australia&NZ
EU agrees to stick to Russia sanctions policy (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – EU foreign ministers agreed Monday there would be no change in the bloc’s Russia policy, including sanctions, as the union’s diplomatic chief warned the Ukraine situation had got “much worse” in recent weeks. …read more Source: The West...
Hospital and university hit as Ukraine clashes flare (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Deadly clashes between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels threatened civilians in central Donetsk on Monday, with shelling hitting a hospital and warnings of insurgents launching attacks from residential areas. …read more Source: The West...
Donetsk hospital hit by shelling
Shelling has hit a hospital in Donetsk while Ukraine alleges hundreds of Russian troops are aiding rebels. …read more Source:...
Civilians under threat as Ukraine clashes flare (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Deadly clashes between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels threatened civilians in central Donetsk on Monday, with shelling hitting a hospital and warnings of insurgents launching attacks from residential areas. …read more Source: The West...
Separatists renew attack on airport as Russia and Ukraine bicker
Pro-Russian separatists renewed attacks on Ukrainian forces at an airport complex in the east after Kiev launched a mass operation to reclaim lost ground there that Russia called a “strategic mistake”. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Shelling hits Ukraine hospital, Kiev alleges Russian troops cross border (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Sporadic shelling hit a hospital in Donetsk and shook other parts of the region on Monday while Ukraine alleged that hundreds of Russian troops crossed the border to help rebels fighting for control of the country’s east. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine claim 700 Russian troops cross border to help rebels (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s military claimed that some 700 Russian troops crossed into the country Monday to aid rebels fighting for control of the country’s east. …read more Source: The West...
Drone footage shows extensive damage of Donetsk airport
Drone footage purportedly shows extensive damage to Donetsk airport as deadly close-combat skirmishes between Ukraine’s military and pro-Russian separatists continue. …read more Source: ABC...
Shells ‘hit hospital’ in Ukraine’s Donetsk (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Shelling hit a hospital in Donetsk city centre in eastern Ukraine on Monday, leaving six wounded while also damaging the front of the building and blowing out windows, rebel officials and witnesses said. …read more Source: The West...
Grexit link to British exodus from Europe
EU dominated by East-West strains from Russian annexation of Crimea and the North-South tension from the meltdown of Greece. …read more Source: THE...
