Section: Australia&NZ
Kiev claims ‘intensive’ movements of troops crossing from Russia (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The Ukrainian military on Sunday reported “intensive” movement of troops and equipment from Russia into the separatist controlled area in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainian breakaway regions hold elections
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) Residents of separatist-controlled regions of eastern Ukraine are voting to elect legislators and executives in polls that have been staunchly denounced by the international community.Voting in the main rebel… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Election charade to split Ukraine
IT IS a one-horse race organised by armed thugs, but the poll taking place today will formalise the Ukraine’s partition. …read more Source: THE...
In separatist Ukraine town, war snatches home and life (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Nadezhda Ivanovna had plenty of lucky escapes during four months of shelling against her Donetsk neighbourhood. But on Saturday, Ukraine’s war finally closed in, with a shell destroying her house and killing her seven pigs. …read more Source: The West...
Rebel chief, Lenin fan set to win separatist Ukraine votes (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Two pro-Russian separatists will likely be confirmed as leaders in a controversial vote in Ukraine on Sunday — one a rebel chief who highlights his status as a miner’s son and the other a fan of Communist icon Vladimir Lenin. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainian soldiers killed ahead of elections
Six Ukrainian soldiers have been killed by pro-Russian rebels, officials say on the eve of separatist elections. …read more Source:...
Despite spat with Russia Poles honor Soviet troops
WARSAW, Poland (AP) The diplomatic spat with Russia over Ukraine has not prevented Poles from placing hundreds of candles on the graves of Red Army soldiers killed in January 1945 while driving Nazi German troops from the city.Nov…. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Spain police nab 19 suspected of trafficking women
MADRID (AP) Spanish police say they have arrested 19 people suspected of smuggling Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian women into the country for the purpose of prostitution.Police say women were enticed from various locations in… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia’s top radio station slapped by government
MOSCOW (AP) The Russian government’s communications watchdog has issued a warning to a top independent radio station over a program about Ukraine.Roskomadzor’s warning to Ekho Moskvy related to this week’s program, in which two… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Bombardments ahead of Ukraine separatist vote (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Artillery explosions could be heard every few seconds early Saturday in Donetsk on the eve of separatist elections that Ukraine and its Western backers say will undermine an increasingly hollow truce accord. …read more Source: The West...
