Section: Australia&NZ
No military with Ukraine aid
Russia’s defence secretary has assured his US counterpart that there are no military personnel in its controversial aid convoy for Ukraine, the US says.It said Sergey Shoygu told Chuck Hagel the convoy was not being used as a pretext… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Shelling brings terror to leafy suburbs of besieged Donetsk (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – After shelling ended overnight in a suburb of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, Konstantin Luchkin emerged from his cellar to find his beehives smashed, the facade of his house blown off and his car burnt and puckered with shrapnel holes. …read more Source: The West...
Tensions boil over Ukraine as Russian convoy waits (AFP)
Kamensk-Shakhtinsky (Russia) (AFP) – Diplomatic efforts to douse an international firestorm over claims that Ukraine’s forces destroyed Russian military vehicles ratcheted up Saturday as Moscow demanded that Kiev allow its mammoth aid convoy to cross the volatile border. …read more Source: The West...
Russia warned over Ukraine as aid waits
Ukraine has claimed their forces have destroyed a Russian military convoy, further escalating tensions in the region. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Russia warned over Ukraine as aid waits (AFP)
Ukraine has claimed their forces have destroyed a Russian military convoy, further escalating tensions in the region. …read more Source: The West...
West warns Russia over Ukraine as aid waits in limbo (AFP)
Kamensk-Shakhtinsky (Russia) (AFP) – Ukraine’s crisis entered dangerous new territory Saturday with Kiev claiming its forces destroyed a Russian military convoy, while the US warned Moscow over its “provocative” efforts at destabilisation. …read more Source: The West...
World at war: what you need to know
FROM the missing Nigerian schoolgirls to insurgents in Ukraine, the conflicts happening around the world that you need to know about. …read more Source:...
Russian aid convoy waits near Ukraine
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKY, Russia (AP) Hundreds of trucks in a Russian aid convoy are waiting near the Ukrainian border as complicated procedures drag on for allowing them into eastern Ukraine to help civilians suffering amid fighting… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US warns ‘provocative’ Russia as Ukraine tensions rise (AFP)
Washington urged Moscow to stop its “extremely dangerous and provocative” activities after Ukraine said it had destroyed part of a Russian military convoy that entered its territory. …read more Source: The West...
US condemns ‘provocative’ Russian activity
The White House has urged Moscow to stop its “extremely dangerous and provocative” attempts to destabilise Ukraine, where tensions have soared again in the past 24 hours. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
