Section: Australia&NZ
Julie Bishop heading to Ukraine to urge deployment of troops to MH17 crash site
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and her Dutch counterpart Frans Timmermans will return to Ukraine today to urge the government in Kiev to recall Parliament and approve the deployment of armed Australian troops to the MH17 crash site. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
AFP officers deployed to Kharkiv
A large contingent of AFP officers is in Ukraine ready to secure the MH17 crash site, as Julie Bishop pushes for a security deal to be ratified on Tuesday. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
AFP officers deployed to Kharkiv (AAP)
A large contingent of AFP officers is in Ukraine ready to secure the MH17 crash site, as Julie Bishop pushes for a security deal to be ratified on Tuesday. …read more Source: The West...
Putin and Australia’s Abbott discuss MH17 probe (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Saturday discussed how an international probe could be set up into the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine, in which 28 Australians were killed. …read more Source: The West...
Couple’s heartbreak at MH17 site
AN Australian couple who lost their daughter in flight 17 has visited the crash site as scores of Australian police set up in Ukraine and sorting of bodies continues. …read more Source: THE...
More EU sanctions, troops advance
THE European Union has racketed the pressure on the Kremlin, imposing new sanctions, as Ukraine claims a military advance in the east. …read more Source: THE...
Attacks kill Ukraine mayor, target another (AFP)
Lviv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Two Ukrainian mayors have been targeted in separate attacks, authorities said Saturday, with one shot dead while the other’s house was hit by an anti-tank rocket. …read more Source: The West...
Grieving relatives at MH17 site as Dutch, Australia ready troops (AFP)
Grabove (Ukraine) (AFP) – The first relatives of victims on the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 arrived on Saturday at the crash site, as Dutch and Australian forces prepared for possible deployment to secure the location in rebel-held east Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Grieving Australian couple visit Ukraine crash site (AFP)
Grabove (Ukraine) (AFP) – An Australian couple who lost their daughter in downed Malaysian flight MH17 visited the crash site in rebel-held east Ukraine on Saturday, the first relatives of victims to arrive at the scene. …read more Source: The West...
Attacks kill Ukraine mayor
TWO Ukrainian mayors have been targeted in separate attacks, with one shot dead while the other’s house was hit by an antitank rocket. …read more Source:...
