Section: Australia&NZ
Kiev signs truce with pro-Russian rebels
The Ukrainian president has declared a ceasefire to end fighting in the nation’s east after a deal was reached with Russian-backed rebels. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine and pro-Russia rebels agree to ceasefire
Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels have signed an agreement on a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine which will come into effect at 6pm local time Friday.Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko confirmed on his Twitter account that envoys meeting in Minsk to end fighting between Kiev’s forces and pro-Russian separatists had signed the...
Kiev signs truce with pro-Russian rebels (AP)
The Ukrainian president has declared a ceasefire to end fighting in the nation’s east after a deal was reached with Russian-backed rebels. …read more Source: The West...
Guns fall silent in Ukraine truce
UKRAINE forces were ordered to top firing late last night after a ceasefire was signed with Russian-backed rebels. …read more Source: THE...
NATO sets up rapid reaction force
NATO leaders approved a plan on Friday to boost the alliance’s defences in eastern Europe in response to Russia’s intervention in Ukraine, Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
NATO to boost presence in east, approves rapid response force (AFP)
Newport (United Kingdom) (AFP) – NATO leaders agreed Friday to set up a new rapid reaction force and to maintain a “continuous” presence in an eastern Europe rattled by Russian moves in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine agrees to ceasefire
THE Ukrainian government has agreed a ceasefire with pro-Russian rebels with reports it could start in two hours. …read more Source:...
Fighting continues in Ukraine ahead of possible ceasefire deal
Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels have clashed near the strategic port of Mariupol, as envoys from Ukraine and Russia gather in Minsk to discuss a ceasefire. …read more Source: ABC...
Russian retaliation fears in JPMorgan cyber hacking probe
The FBI is investigating whether a cyber attack on JPMorgan and other US banks was in retaliation for US- backed sanctions on Russia. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
The defenders of Mariupol await their fate and the ‘Russians’ (AFP)
Mariupol (Ukraine) (AFP) – “Will the Russians come today or tomorrow?” That is what the men defending the southeastern port of Mariupol were thinking as world leaders sat down Thursday to hammer out a ceasefire to end months of bloody conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
