Section: Australia&NZ
Soldiers still dying as Ukraine creeps towards ceasefire (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine said Friday it had lost another six soldiers in the past day as reports continued of intense battles for control of a flashpoint eastern airport despite tentative steps towards a comprehensive ceasefire. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine tests ground for lasting cease-fire
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” A Ukrainian military spokesman says a one-day truce announced by the president will serve as a test for the prospects of a definitive cessation of hostilities against Russian-backed separatists.President Petro… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Lavrov says France ‘must fulfil obligations’ on warship delivery (AFP)
Basel (Switzerland) (AFP) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday warned France its reputation was on the line over the delivery of a controversial warship to Russia which has been delayed due to the conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Six Ukrainian soldiers killed in past day, says military (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s military said on Friday it had lost six soldiers in the past 24 hours despite both Kiev and the pro-Russian rebels committing themselves to a new truce the previous day. …read more Source: The West...
Cold War talk chills Europe
ON THE the one-year anniversary since a protest movement in Ukraine was violently put down, Charles Miranda in Kharkiv looks at the continuing toll and the likelihood of the violence continuing. …read more Source:...
Ukraine needs ‘ceasefire not in name but in substance’, says Kiev (AFP)
Basel (Switzerland) (AFP) – Ukraine?s foreign minister said Friday that his war-torn country needed a “real” ceasefire, a day after Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels agreed to halt fire on December 9. …read more Source: The West...
Russian historians left baffled by Putin’s Crimean claims
Russian historians have been left baffled by Vladimir Putin’s Crimean claims, following the Russian president’s annual address to Parliament and top officials in Moscow. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Putin says Crimea is part of Russia historically and forever
Russian President Vladimir Putin has defended Moscow’s annexation of Crimea this year and implied that the “strategically important” peninsula will remain part of Russia “from now on and forever”. …read more Source:...
Ukraine, pro-Russia rebels ’ceasefire’
UKRAINE and the pro-Russian rebels have agreed to halt fire on December 9 in an unexpected announcement. …read more Source: THE...
Ukraine, rebels announce ‘Day of Silence’ truce
Ukraine and the pro-Russian rebels say they have agreed to halt fire across the eastern war zone on December 9 under the terms of a Kremlin-brokered truce. …read more Source:...
