Section: Australia&NZ
Separatists claim first attack on Ukrainian ship
A rescue operation is underway after a Ukrainian navy vessel came under artillery attack from the shore, in what pro-Russian rebels claimed as the first sea victory of their separatist war.”The militia have dealt the enemy their first naval defeat,” Igor Strelkov, a separatist military commander who stepped down in mid-August, said on...
Putin calls for independence talks
RUSSIAN leader Vladimir Putin has called for statehood to be considered for south-eastern Ukraine as the EU threatens him with more sanctions. …read more Source:...
Putin seeks ‘statehood’ talks on east Ukraine (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday raised the stakes in the Ukraine conflict by calling for the first time for statehood to be discussed for the restive east of the former Soviet state. …read more Source: The West...
Putin urges Ukraine ‘statehood’ talks
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin last night sharply raised the stakes in the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source: THE...
Russia, Ukraine swap prisoners as Putin calls for ‘statehood’ talks
Ukraine has handed over ten Russian paratroops in a prisoner exchange for 63 Ukrainian soldiers who had crossed into Russia during intense fighting. …read more Source: ABC...
Russia President Vladimir Putin wants east Ukraine ‘statehood’ talks
President Vladimir Putin has dramatically raised the stakes in the Ukraine conflict by calling for the first time for statehood to be considered for the restive east of the former Soviet state. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Putin seeks ‘statehood’ talks for east Ukraine (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday sharply raised the stakes in the Ukraine conflict by calling for the first time for statehood to be considered for the restive east of the former Soviet state. …read more Source: The West...
Putin to Ukraine: begin immediate talks on east
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin is calling on Ukraine to immediately start talks on a political solution to the crisis in eastern Ukraine, including discussing statehood.In comments to the national TV network… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
West rules out military action against Russia despite ‘war dance’ on behalf of Ukraine
Despite categorical statements by Barack Obama and a host of European leaders that there’ll be no military response to Russia’s encroachment into Ukraine, European officials were doing a war dance for the cameras on the weekend. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Sitting duck: Russia set to storm lost city
WITH pro-Russian rebels looming threateningly at its gates, the last civilians in the Ukrainian town of Mariupol are having to face a hard truth: they will be unable to save this vital port city alone. …read more Source:...
