Section: Australia&NZ
Russia threatens Ukraine after shell crosses border
Russia threatened Ukraine on Sunday with “irreversible consequences” after a man was killed by a shell fired across the border from Ukraine, describing the incident as aggression that must be met with a response. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine clashes kill 12 civilians, Putin talks nixed (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Escalating clashes between pro-Kremlin separatists and Ukrainian forces on Sunday killed 12 civilians and forced the new Western-backed leader to cancel a pivotal meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the World Cup in Brazil. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine clashes kill 12 civilians, nix Putin talks (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Escalating clashes between pro-Kremlin separatists and Ukrainian forces on Sunday killed 12 civilians and forced the new Western-backed leader to cancel a pivotal meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the World Cup in Brazil. …read more Source: The West...
Putin ‘may’ meet Ukraine leader at World Cup (AFP)
Buenos Aires (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin could meet with his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko at the World Cup final, his spokesman said Saturday as the crisis between the two countries escalated. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine jets pound rebels after 23 soldiers killed
Ukraine’s armed forces pushed ahead with their operation against pro-Russian insurgents after 23 soldiers died in an attack. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Waiting for Ukraine’s final battle
PANICKED Ukrainians have flooded highways and packed trains out of rebel areas, fearing a reprisal assault by government forces. …read more Source: THE...
Donetsk: a ghost town waiting for Ukraine’s final battle (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Donetsk, one of the last bastions of pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine, has become a ghost town as residents clog the roads and railway stations in a desperate scramble to escape advancing government troops. …read more Source: The West...
Missiles kill 19 Ukraine soldiers
AT least 30 servicemen were killed after pro-Russia rebels fired missiles on them, a Ukrainian Interior Ministry official says. …read more Source: THE...
Ukraine vows revenge for deadly military attack
Separatist rebels attacked a Ukrainian military base with Russian-made Grad rockets, killing 19 troops and boosting the overnight death toll to about 30 in the latest flare-up of fighting in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...