Section: Australia&NZ
Moscow threatens to block BBC Russian Service (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia threatened Tuesday to block the website of the BBC’s Russian Service because it reported an activist’s public appeal to get people to attend a rally mocking Moscow’s policy in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
At least 285,000 flee Ukraine crisis: UN (AFP)
Geneva (AFP) – At least 285,000 people have fled their homes because of the conflict in eastern Ukraine, the United Nations said Tuesday, warning that intensified battles could lead to a “massive exodus”. …read more Source: The West...
Moscow threatens to block BBC Russian service Service (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia on Tuesday threatened to block the website of the BBC’s Russian service because it reported an activist’s public appeal to get people to attend a rally mocking Moscow’s annexation of Crimea. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine forces close in on bastion
UKRAINE says its
Ukrainian troops edge closer to rebel city
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) Ukrainian troops have taken control of a key checkpoint on the western edge of Donetsk, the biggest city in the rebellious east, and are making gradual advances to quash pro-Russian separatist forces.An Associated… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainians flee besieged Donetsk as fighting closes in (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – The once-bustling leafy boulevards of central Donetsk are now deserted but one place where there is almost certain to be a crowd is the rebel-held city’s ornate Stalin-era railway station. …read more Source: The West...
Eurozone recovery holding up despite Ukraine
LONDON (AP) Further evidence has emerged that the economic recovery across Europe is gaining some traction, providing some headroom against the potential impact from a further escalation in the crisis in Ukraine.Financial information… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
‘We’re not looking for teddy bears’: MH17 search will be limited, AFP commander says
There will not be a traditional field-by-field search of all 50 square kilometres of the MH17 crash site in Eastern Ukraine, despite Canberra’s “bring them home” undertakings to repatriate all human remains and all personal effects. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
“We’re not looking for teddy bears”: AFP commander says search will be limited
There will not be a traditional field-by-field search of all 50 square kilometres of the MH17 crash site in Eastern Ukraine, despite Canberra’s “bring them home” undertakings to repatriate all human remains and all personal effects. …read more...
Ukrainian troops cross into Russia to avoid fighting
Ukraine said it was in talks with Moscow over the return of Ukrainian soldiers who had been forced by fighting to cross into Russia, but Russian border authorities said the troops were seeking asylum. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
