Section: Australia&NZ
Prisoners of war put to work in east Ukraine (AFP)
Ilovaisk (Ukraine) (AFP) – On the snowy roof of a music school in eastern Ukraine, workers are busy fixing damage from artillery shelling. When their shift ends, they line up in single file to return to their cells. …read more Source: The West...
The guns fall silent in eastern Ukraine
UKRAINIAN President Petro Poroshenko yesterday said a “real”, though fragile, ceasefire was in place in Ukraine. …read more Source: THE...
Ukraine: Truce results in 1st casualty-free day
SYDNEY (AP) ” Ukraine’s president said Friday that a fragile truce between his government’s troops and Russian-backed separatists in east Ukraine had resulted in the first day free of deaths or injuries for his soldiers since the… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine: Truce results in first casualty-free day
SYDNEY (AP) ” Ukraine’s president says a fragile truce between his government’s troops and Russian-backed separatists in east Ukraine has resulted in the seven-month-old conflict’s first day free of deaths or injuries for his soldiers.Ukrainian… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Poroshenko says ceasefire in Ukraine is now ‘real’ (AFP)
Sydney (AFP) – President Petro Poroshenko on Friday said a “real” ceasefire was in place in Ukraine after the first 24 hours in seven months without a military casualty, although he admitted the standoff was fragile. …read more Source: The West...
Football supporters stabbed during mass brawl in Kiev
St Etienne supporters were hurt in a mass brawl with Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk fans following the Ukrainian side’s 1-0 Europa League victory in Kiev on Thursday (today NZT), local media reported. …read more Source:...
All but four MH17 victims identified
Dutch authorities have identified two more victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash in Ukraine, with just four of the 298 dead still unidentified. …read more Source:...
Uranium talk thumbs nose at Putin
AUSTRALIA would begin uranium exports to energy-poor Ukraine under plans that are likely to anger Russia. …read more Source: THE...
Ukraine mulls Australia energy to ease reliance on Russia (AFP)
Sydney (AFP) – Energy-starved Ukraine Thursday held talks with Australia over the supply of coal and uranium as it looks to ease its reliance on hostile neighbour Russia for gas. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine leader pleads with Russia to withdraw as truce holds (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday pleaded with Russia to withdraw its troops from his country and close the border, saying doing so would create peace in the war-torn region within weeks. …read more Source: The West...
