Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine-Russia talks end with little progress to peace
Talks between the presidents of Ukraine and Russia have ended with no apparent progress towards peace. …read more Source: ABC...
Putin ‘backs Ukraine peace plan’
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko meet for the first time the war in Eastern Ukraine escalates. …read more Source:...
Interfax: Ukraine’s president says leaders at Minsk meeting support his peace plan
MINSK, Belarus (AP) Interfax: Ukraine’s president says leaders at Minsk meeting support his peace plan. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Putin, Poroshenko talk as Kiev holds Moscow troops (AFP)
Minsk (AFP) – The presidents of Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday sat down to crunch one-on-one talks over heavy fighting in east Ukraine as the Kremlin admitted for the first time its troops had entered its neighbour’s territory. …read more Source: The West...
Kremlin spokesman: Putin and Poroshenko meet for first-ever bilateral talks
MINSK, Belarus (AP) Kremlin spokesman: Putin and Poroshenko meet for first-ever bilateral talks. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Secret US-Russia talks on Ukraine held in Finland
HELSINKI (AP) The Finnish Foreign Ministry says that the United States and Russia held secret talks over Ukraine in Finland in June.Ministry spokesman Vesa Hakkinen told the AP that the ministry helped organize the meeting on the… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine, Russia talks begin as Kiev holds ‘Russian’ soldiers (AFP)
Minsk (AFP) – The leaders of Russia and Ukraine held key talks Tuesday on the brutal conflict between Kiev and pro-Moscow rebels after the Kremlin admitted for the first time its troops had entered Ukrainian territory. …read more Source: The West...
Kiev captures Russian troops
THE US has warned of an “escalation” in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine after Kiev captured 10 Russian paratroopers. …read more Source: THE...
Ukraine and Russian leaders shake hands ahead of peace talks (AFP)
Minsk (AFP) – The presidents of Russia and Ukraine shook hands ahead of key talks on Tuesday, though with little hope for a breakthrough to end the raging conflict pitting Kiev against pro-Moscow separatist rebels. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko and Russia leader Vladimir Putin meet for first time since June
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Russian leader Vladimir Putin greeted each other with a handshake at the start of talks in Belarus on Tuesday on the Ukraine crisis, the first time the two presidents have met since June. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
