Section: Australia&NZ
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...
New Ukraine Defence Minister promises to regain Crimea
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has shaken up his country’s beleaguered forces with new appointments to head the Defence Ministry, the general staff and a military advisory office in his presidential administration. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
