Section: Australia&NZ
Grim prognosis for sick and dying in hospital on Ukraine frontline (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Facing frequent shelling and desperate conditions, staff and patients at Donetsk’s Hospital 21 in eastern Ukraine say they have no choice but to hunker down, stay put and cling to life as best they can. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine PM calls for talks with Russia on ‘neutral territory’ (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s prime minister on Tuesday called for fresh talks with Russia on “neutral territory” as deadly fighting rumbled on in the country’s east. …read more Source: The West...
Germany’s minister shuttles between Moscow, Kiev
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Germany’s foreign minister is urging the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian separatists to respect the cease-fire agreement.The continuing military conflict in eastern Ukraine has killed more than 4,000 people… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
German bid to revive Ukraine peace plan
Germany is trying shuttle diplomacy in talks with Kiev and Moscow in a desperate bid to save the Ukraine peace plan as fighting continues in the east. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
German bid to revive Ukraine peace plan (AFP)
Germany is trying shuttle diplomacy in talks with Kiev and Moscow in a desperate bid to save the Ukraine peace plan as fighting continues in the east. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainian rebels have sophisticated Russian weapons, military expert Nic Jenzen-Jones says
Sophisticated Russian weapons including surveillance radar, rocket launchers and tanks have been spotted in the hands of separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine, a new expert report has found. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
EU sanctions separatists as Ukraine crisis deepens (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – The EU agreed to blacklist more Ukrainian separatists Monday but stopped short of fresh sanctions against Russia, saying there was hope of restarting dialogue with Moscow to end the worst standoff since the Cold War. …read more Source: The West...
Putin, Merkel square off over Ukraine
European Union ministers have refrained from increasing sanctions against Moscow as the leaders of Russia and Germany squared off over Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Putin, Merkel square off over Ukraine (AP)
European Union ministers have refrained from increasing sanctions against Moscow as the leaders of Russia and Germany squared off over Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Russian weapons spotted in hands of pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine, report finds
Sophisticated Russian weapons including surveillance radar, rocket launchers and tanks have been spotted in the hands of separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine, a new expert report has found. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...



