Section: Australia&NZ
Jagland re-elected as Council of Europe head (AFP)
Strasbourg (France) (AFP) – The Council of Europe said Tuesday that Thorbjoern Jagland had been elected to a second five-year term at the head of the pan-European body that has recently played an active role in the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The West...
Putin renounces Ukraine military intervention
Russian president Vladimir Putin has asked Russia’s upper house to revoke the right it granted him to pursue military intervention in Ukraine as deadly clashes continue in the east of the country. …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine truce in peril as rebels down chopper, killing nine (AFP)
Slavyansk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s new leader threatened on Tuesday to revoke his truce after pro-Russian rebels downed an army helicopter despite ceasefire orders from their own commander, killing nine servicemen. …read more Source: The West...
Russia’s Putin renounces right to send troops to Ukraine as helicopter shot down
President Vladimir Putin asked Russia’s upper house on Tuesday to revoke the right it had granted him to order a military intervention in Ukraine in defence of Russian-speakers there. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Putin tells Kiev to extend truce as nine die in helicopter attack (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday urged Kiev to extend the shaky truce with insurgents in eastern Ukraine and launch talks despite them shooting down a helicopter with nine on board. …read more Source: The West...
Putin moves to scrap option of invading Ukraine (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday asked the upper house of parliament to revoke a resolution allowing him to send troops into Ukraine, a Kremlin spokesman said. …read more Source: The West...
Putin asks lawmakers to revoke authorisation to invade Ukraine (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday asked the upper chamber of parliament to revoke a resolution allowing him to send troops into Ukraine, a Kremlin spokesman said. …read more Source: The West...
Putin asks lawmakers to cancel authorisation to send army into Ukraine (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday asked the upper chamber of parliament to cancel a resolution allowing him to send troops into Ukraine, a Kremlin spokesman said. …read more Source: The West...
Rebels agree to ceasefire in Ukraine
Separatist leaders in two main areas of Ukraine’s east have agreed to observe a ceasefire with Ukrainian forces until the end of the week. …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine rebels agree to ceasefire, peace talks (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s pro-Russian insurgents agreed for the first time on Monday to a temporary ceasefire and talks with the new Western-backed president on ending 10 weeks of fighting that have threatened the very survival of the ex-Soviet state. …read more Source: The West...
