Section: Australia&NZ
Merkel: Russia must withdraw troops from Ukraine
BERLIN (AP) German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Russia must withdraw its troops from Ukraine for a peace plan there to work.Merkel told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call late Monday that the complete withdrawal… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine offers rebel east three years of limited self-rule
Ukraine’s president has offered parts of the ex-Soviet country’s separatist east limited self-rule for three years under the terms of a peace plan. …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine offers east limited self-rule
UKRAINE’S president has offered parts of the separatist east of his country limited self-rule for three years under a peace plan with Russia. …read more Source:...
Heavy fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels puts ceasefire in doubt
Kiev, Ukraine: The heaviest fighting in a series of truce violations in Ukraine’s restive east strained the tenuous 10-day-old cease-fire between the Kiev government and pro-Russian separatists, with both sides blaming the other Monday for attacks that included the shelling of residential buildings. …read more Source: The Sydney...
Ukraine rivals trade blame after bloodiest day since truce (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Warring rivals in Ukraine traded blame on Monday over the bloodiest day in the restive east since a shaky ceasefire was drawn up 10 days ago. …read more Source: The West...
OSCE team in east Ukraine comes near shelling
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) Observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe say they were just 200 meters (650 feet) away from four shell-bursts in eastern Ukraine, where fighting has continued despite a cease-fire… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine hosts US-led military drills as truce teeters (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – US-led military exercises began in Ukraine on Monday as fighting rumbled on in the restive east between government forces and pro-Russian rebels, despite a 10-day-old ceasefire. …read more Source: The West...
Fighting in Ukraine amid fragile peace
HEAVY fighting has erupted around the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in east Ukraine, putting more pressure on a tenuous nine-day-old truce. …read more Source:...
Aid reaches the hardy and hungry of Ukraine’s Lugansk (AFP)
Lugansk (Ukraine) (AFP) – After months of bombardments that left them short of water, power and basic supplies, many residents of the eastern Ukrainian city of Lugansk breathed a sigh of relief at the arrival of desperately needed aid. …read more Source: The West...
Kiev slams Putin’s ‘Soviet goal’
KIEV has accused the Kremlin of seeking to ‘eliminate’ Ukraine while Moscow has charged Washington with orchestrating the entire crisis. …read more Source: THE...
