Section: Australia&NZ
EU blacklists separatists as Ukraine crisis deepens (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – The EU agreed Monday to blacklist more Ukrainian separatists but stopped short of fresh economic sanctions against Russia, as Moscow expelled several diplomats in a deepening of the worst East-West crisis since the Cold War. …read more Source: The West...
Explosions shake Donetsk airport in Ukraine
Loud explosions and artillery fire rocked Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine on Monday (Tuesday NZT), despite attempts to negotiate an end to a battle that is undermining a ceasefire in regions held by separatists. …read more Source:...
Ukraine ‘ready for all-out war’
UKRAINE is preparing for “total war” and workers started recovering debris from the MH17 crash site. …read more Source: THE...
EU agrees to add Ukraine separatists to blacklist: diplomats (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – EU foreign ministers agreed Monday to hit more Ukraine separatists with asset freezes and travel bans, diplomats said, deepening sanctions over the crisis that pits pro-Kremlin rebels against Kiev. …read more Source: The West...
Exclusive: Ukraine minister urges EU to send ‘clear message’ to Russia (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – The EU must speak with one voice to Russia over Ukraine and be ready to send a “clear message” it will impose more sanctions if necessary, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin told AFP in an interview Monday. …read more Source: The West...
Explosions shake Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine
Loud explosions and artillery fire rocked Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine on Monday, despite attempts to negotiate an end to a battle that is undermining a ceasefire in regions held by separatists. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ten Ukrainian soldiers, police killed in east in last 24 hours (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Seven Ukrainian soldiers and three police officers were killed in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, security officials in Kiev said Monday. …read more Source: The West...
Putin says sides not abiding peace deal in Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russia’s president says he believes peace in Ukraine is possible but that neither side is fully holding up a peace deal struck in September.In an interview with German television broadcast late Sunday, Putin said that… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Solution to Ukraine crisis possible, says Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he is convinced the crisis in Ukraine can be resolved. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
New video shows alarm in Ukrainian village after downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17
Four months after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine, a video has emerged that shows how close the burning passenger jet came to hitting village homes and suggests that residents first assumed it was a Ukrainian military plane that had been struck. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
