Section: Australia&NZ
Grief, relief as ravaged Ukrainian town rebuilds
LYSYCHANSK, Ukraine (AP) After months of rebel occupation and weeks of Ukrainian liberation, the residents of this shell-shocked border town say they hope simply to rebuild their former lives but fear that war could return to their… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine to pull out most troops out of Kosovo
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) NATO in Kosovo says Ukraine will pull out most of its troops from its peacekeeping mission in the Balkan country by the end of the month.The Ukrainian soldiers will be replaced by additional Hungarian peacekeepers,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine’s security council: ‘Dozens’ of civilians killed in a rebel attack on refugee convoy
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) Ukraine’s security council: ‘Dozens’ of civilians killed in a rebel attack on refugee convoy. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Headway made on Ukraine
RUSSIA says “certain progress” was reached on all issues discussed at Ukraine crisis talks in Berlin. …read more Source: THE...
Ukraine says rebels killed fleeing civilians as talks fail (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine on Monday accused pro-Russian rebels of shelling a convoy of civilians fleeing the war-torn east, leaving “many” dead, as crisis talks to halt months of bloodshed failed to make a breakthrough. …read more Source: The West...
Rocket fire hits refugee convoy in Ukraine’s east
Ukraine has accused pro-Russian rebels of hitting a refugee convoy of buses with rocket fire near the eastern city of Luhansk, killing people trapped in the burning vehicles, but the separatists have denied responsibility. …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine must halt army offensive: Russia (AAP)
Four-party talks involving Ukraine, Germany and France have made no progress on the issue of a ceasefire, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainians pawns in Putin’s game
MY close friends in Lugansk have been drinking industrial water for weeks — the price ordinary Ukrainians are paying for Putin’s ambitions. …read more Source: THE...
Rebels defiant as Ukraine boasts gains
ARMY troops have entered a rebel-controlled city in eastern Ukraine in what could prove a breakthrough development in the conflict, Ukraine says. …read more Source: THE...
Ukraine claims breakthrough in rebel stronghold Luhansk
Ukrainian forces have raised their national flag over a police station in the city of Luhansk which was for months under rebel control, Kiev said on Sunday, in what could be a breakthrough in Ukraine’s efforts to crush pro-Moscow separatists. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
