Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine presses offensive with US support
Ukrainian forces are taking the fight to the separatists with an offensive that has received US support but sparked anger from Moscow. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine presses offensive with US support (AFP)
Ukrainian forces are taking the fight to the separatists with an offensive that has received US support but sparked anger from Moscow. …read more Source: The West...
Putin warns of force as Ukraine fighting spreads
The conflict in Ukraine has entered a dangerous new phase, with Russian President Vladimir Putin again warning he reserves the right to use force to defend Russian-speaking citizens. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Shelling ravages east Ukraine, with or without truce (AFP)
Kramatorsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Standing on broken glass in her wrecked living room, Valentina Balabai thanked her love of animals for keeping her and her husband alive that morning. …read more Source: The West...
Rebels storm police HQ in Ukraine
THE Interior Ministry headquarters in eastern Ukraine’s largest city has fallen to pro-Russia separatists after a five-hour gunbattle. …read more Source: THE...
Ukraine ends ceasefire with rebels, raises Putin’s ire
Russia has attacked Ukraine’s decision to end a unilateral ceasefire with separatists batting for control of the country’s east. …read more Source: ABC...
Rebels capture police HQ in Ukraine
Pro-Russian rebels have fought for ground in Ukraine while badly trained and disorganised government troops seem incapable of crushing the mutiny. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Rebels capture police HQ in Ukraine (AP)
Pro-Russian rebels have fought for ground in Ukraine while badly trained and disorganised government troops seem incapable of crushing the mutiny. …read more Source: The West...
Heavy fighting erupts in eastern Ukraine after Poroshenko ends cease-fire
Ukrainian government forces targeted pro-Russia militants with artillery and airstrikes Tuesday after President Petro Poroshenko said he wouldn’t renew a cease-fire that was repeatedly violated during its 10 days in force. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine pounds pro-Russia rebels after failed truce (AFP)
Kramatorsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainian tanks and fighter bombers resumed their assault on pro-Russian insurgents on Tuesday after Kiev’s Western-backed leader brushed off a last-gasp European effort to save a tenuous 10-day truce. …read more Source: The West...
