Section: Australia&NZ
Ukrainian president ends ceasefire (AP)
Ukrainian forces are set to go on the offensive against pro-Russian forces after President Petro Poroshenko said he is puting a holt to the ceasefire. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine silent on ceasefire extension as deadline passes (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine stayed silent on extending a tenuous ceasefire in the conflict-hit east as a deadline slipped by despite frantic talks involving the leaders of Russia, France and Germany. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine eyes ceasefire extension after diplomatic push (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine looked primed to extend a shaky truce in the conflict-hit east of the country after frantic talks involving the leaders of Russia, France and Germany as a ceasefire deadline neared. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine, Russia to ‘work on’ extending ceasefire (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – The Russian and Ukrainian presidents agreed Monday to work on extending a ceasefire between Kiev and pro-Kremlin militias, just hours before the current truce expires, France said. …read more Source: The West...
Europe to pressure Putin in talks as truce runs down (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – France and Germany on Monday looked set to ramp up pressure on Russia to stem the Ukraine conflict in frantic negotiations as the clock ticks down on a shaky truce. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine in talks to save peace plan
UKRAINE has tried to keep its plan to settle the conflict with pro-Moscow separatists on track in talks with Russia, France and Germany. …read more Source: THE...
Europe warns Putin on eve of Ukraine truce deadline (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The leaders of Germany and France warned Vladimir Putin on Sunday that Russia could be hit with punishing sanctions within days unless he forced Ukrainian rebels Moscow is accused of backing to suspend their deadly uprising. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine leader says to hold four-way talks with Putin Monday (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s new leader said German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande will join him in a further phone conference with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Monday. …read more Source: The West...
Rebels free last observers
PRO-KREMLIN rebels in eastern Ukraine have released a second group of Euro
Fighting threatens 72-hour Ukraine ceasefire
A 72-hour extension of the ceasefire agreed to by Ukrainian government forces and separatist fighters was undermined Saturday by fresh outbreaks of violence. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
