Section: Australia&NZ
Monitors fear rising violence in eastern Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – International observers issued a stark warning over escalating violence in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday as Dutch investigators hoping to recover debris from a doomed airliner left the MH17 crash site with little progress. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine says rebels get reinforcements
Kiev accused separatists of preparing for renewed conflict in east Ukraine on Tuesday by bringing in “Russian mercenaries” and rearming as heavy shelling increased strains on a crumbling ceasefire. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Where are the bodies, MH17 families ask
Daisy Oehlers and Bryce Fredriksz, a Dutch couple in their early 20s, were sitting near the left wing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 on their way to a holiday in Bali, when “high energy objects” – as officials later called them – struck the plane over eastern Ukraine. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Dutch team make another bid to recover MH17
Dutch investigators accompanied by armed rebels have arrived near the MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Heavy shelling threatens east Ukraine ceasefire
Heavy shelling resumed around the pro-Russian separatist stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday (Wednesday NZT), a Reuters witness said, increasing concerns a ceasefire between the rebels and government forces could crumble. …read more Source:...
Merkel says EU not planning new sanctions against Russia (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday that the European Union was not planning new sanctions against Russia over a fresh spike in violence in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Obama, Putin hold tense talks on APEC summit sidelines
US president Barack Obama meets with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin three times on the sidelines of the APEC summit, with their conversations covering Iran, Syria and Ukraine. …read more Source: ABC...
West confronts Putin at Asia-Pacific summit (AFP)
Beijing (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday had a close-up brush with Western anger over the Ukraine crisis and the downing of Flight MH17, as the White House warned that his sanctions-hit government was staring at “isolation”. …read more Source: The West...
Russian tanks roll to Donetsk again
A LARGE Russian military convoy seen heading for the Ukrainian city of Donetsk has sparked fears of a return to full-scale hostilities. …read more Source: THE...
MH17: Netherlands holds sombre memorial
The Netherlands has held a sombre and emotional memorial for the 298 people who died when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over war-torn eastern Ukraine in July. …read more Source:...
