Section: Australia&NZ
Retreating rebels dig in around Ukraine coal hub (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Retreating pro-Russian insurgents dug in on Monday in Ukraine’s sprawling industrial hub of Donetsk after government forces scored a string of morale-boosting victories in the bloody battle for the future of the country. …read more Source: The West...
Rebels pushed out of stronghold
RESURGENT government forces have hoisted the Ukrainian flag over pro-
‘Turning point’: Ukrainian government forces retake key city
With an onslaught of gunfire and mortar shelling, Ukrainian government forces on Saturday expelled pro-Russian insurgents from Slovyansk, a long-blockaded rebel stronghold, and raised the blue and yellow Ukrainian flag over the City Council building. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine hoists flag over rebel bastion
RESURGENT government forces have hoisted the Ukrainian flag over the pro-Russian rebels’ main stronghold. …read more Source: THE...
Ukraine rebels leave main stronghold of Slaviansk
Pro-Russian fighters have abandoned their main stronghold of Slaviansk in eastern Ukraine after government forces launched an offensive on the city. …read more Source: ABC...
Ukrainian Orthodox Church leader Volodymyr dies (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The head of Ukraine’s Moscow-linked parish of the Orthodox Church died Saturday, the ex-Soviet country’s largest Church said. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s president proposes fresh ceasefire talks
Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko has proposed talks on a new ceasefire and is said to be waiting on a reply from pro-Russian rebels, a statement on his website says. …read more Source: ABC...
Poroshenko proposes renewed ceasefire talks with separatists
Ukraine has proposed a time and a place for talks on reaching a durable ceasefire with pro-Russian rebels and is awaiting a reply, as fighting in the east killed 13 servicemen.Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s website did not name the venue but a Western diplomat expected the talks to be held again in eastern Ukraine’s major...
Putin to visit Cuba and other LatAm nations (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin will next week begin a major Latin America tour that will take him to Cuba, Argentina and Brazil as he seeks to counter Russia’s growing international isolation over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The West...
Moscow fears expanded sanctions
RUSSIA’s has warned wider Western sanctions as a result of the Ukraine crisis could have a “significant negative impact”. …read more Source: THE...