Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine, pro-Russia rebels announce December 9 truce (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine and the pro-Russian rebels said on Thursday they had agreed to halt fire across the eastern war zone on December 9 under the terms of a Kremlin-brokered truce. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine and rebels announce December 9 ceasefire (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine and the pro-Russian rebels said on Thursday they had agree to halt fire across the eastern war zone on December 9 under the terms of a Kremlin-brokered truce. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine rebel says residential areas used as cover
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) ” A leading military separatist commander in eastern Ukraine has admitted that rebels have mounted rocket attacks against government troops from within residential areas, but says efforts are being undertaken… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Putin accuses West of exploiting Ukraine crisis
President Vladimir Putin has accused the West of exploiting the Ukraine crisis to undermine an increasingly confident Russia. …read more Source:...
Ukraine will halt fire in east from December 9, president says (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s army will halt fire across the separatist east on December 9 under the terms of a Russian-brokered peace deal signed in September, President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
US tells Russia not to ‘isolate’ itself as Putin hits out at sanctions (AFP)
Basel (Switzerland) (AFP) – Washington insisted Thursday it was not seeking confrontation with Russia over the Ukraine crisis as Moscow lashed out over biting sanctions which have pushed its economy to the brink of recession. …read more Source: The West...
Russia is ‘strategic problem’ for EU, says Juncker (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – Russia is now a “strategic problem” for the EU amid the crisis in Ukraine, European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said Thursday, but he insisted Brussels would not be blackmailed by the cancellation of a huge gas pipeline. …read more Source: The West...
Vladimir Putin accuses West of seeking to destroy Russia
Russian president Vladimir Putin accuses the West of seeking to destroy his country and expresses no regret for annexing the Crimea peninsula, during his annual state of the union speech in Moscow. …read more Source: ABC...
Russia is ‘strategic problem’ for EU: Juncker (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – Russia is now a “strategic problem” for the European Union amid the crisis in Ukraine but Brussels will work to make Moscow a partner again, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker said Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
Crimea our Temple Mount: Putin
PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin accuses the West of exploiting the Ukraine crisis to undermine Russia …read more Source: THE...
