Section: Australia&NZ
Pro-Russian rebels parade POWs
THEY were painted as the bad guys in the MH17 disaster, and these shocking pictures will only serve to reinforce the reputation of eastern Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian rebels mock independence celebration
On a day when Ukrainians celebrated their independence from the Soviet Union, pro-Russia separatists in the eastern part of the country staged a grim counter-spectacle: a parade that mocked the national army and celebrated the deaths and imprisonment of its soldiers. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukrainian POWs marched at bayonet-point through city
Separatists in Ukraine have marched captive soldiers through the streets of the pro-Russia rebel-held city of Donetsk in a parade to counter the country’s official Independence Day celebrations. …read more Source: ABC...
Rebels parade captured soldiers
ABUSED and pelted with eggs and tomatoes, Ukrainian army prisoners have been paraded through the streets of a rebel stronghold. …read more Source: THE...
Rebels parade captured Ukrainian soldiers to mock Independence Day celebrations
Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine have paraded dozens of captured soldiers before a jeering crowd to mock Independence Day celebrations in the capital. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Rebels parade captured soldiers as Kiev marks independence day (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine paraded dozens of captured soldiers before a jeering crowd on Sunday in mockery of Independence Day celebrations in the capital. …read more Source: The West...
Merkel urges Ukraine truce as trucks go
ANGELA Merkel has pushed for a new ceasefire in talks with the Ukrainian President as the country celebrated the country’s Independence Day. …read more Source: THE...
Rebels parade captured soldiers on Ukraine independence day (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine paraded dozens of captured soldiers before a jeering crowd on Sunday in mockery of the country’s Independence Day celebrations. …read more Source: The West...
Poroshenko says military threat will continue, boosts military funding
Ukraine’s president says a constant military threat will hang over Ukraine and pledges more than $3 billion in funding to the country’s military. …read more Source: ABC...
Poroshenko rallies thousands in ‘battle for Ukraine’ (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko on Sunday decried Russian “aggression” as Kiev staged a symbolic Independence Day parade while battling pro-Moscow rebels in the east of the country. …read more Source: The West...
