Section: News24 (South Africa)
News24.com | More than 9 000 killed since start of Ukraine conflict
More than 9 000 people have been killed since the conflict in Ukraine began, the United Nations says, warning that even though fighting had abated, millions were in precarious situations. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Nato might resume talks with Russia
Nato will explore the possibility of resuming high-level political talks with Moscow through a council that has largely been inactive since Russia’s annexation of Crimea, the chief of the military alliance says. …read more Source:...
News24.com | No breakthrough in talks with Russia over EU-Ukraine trade deal
Talks aimed at resolving Russian concerns over a free trade agreement struck between the European Union and Ukraine have failed to deliver a breakthrough, with just a month left before the deal comes into effect. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Dutch policeman held for online sale of MH17 ‘souvenirs’
Dutch police have suspended an officer who tried to sell online souvenirs said to have come from the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 shot down over war-torn Ukraine last year. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Russia to ban food imports from Ukraine
Moscow will ban food imports from neighbouring Ukraine starting on January 1, Russia’s economic development minister says. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Ukraine soldier warns against teddy bear bombs
“A bomb can be planted inside”, a Ukrainian soldier warned students as he pointed to a stuffed animal at a high school in Mariupol, a strategic port city in Ukraine’s war-scarred east. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Putin proposes Ukraine debt restructuring
Russian President Vladimir Putin is proposing restructuring the $3bn debt owed by Ukraine to his country. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Six killed in Slovakia helicopter crash
Slovakia says a Ukrainian helicopter has crashed in eastern Slovakia, killing six people, but no other details are available. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Artist uses destruction of Lenin statues to put focus on Ukraine
Sawn up, toppled, demolished: this has been the fate of monuments to Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin across Ukraine. Now a German-based artist wants to use that destruction to make others more aware of the simmering crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
News24.com | European rights watchdog calls eastern Ukraine situation ‘acute’
A report released by the Council of Europe human rights commissioner has warned of deteriorating humanitarian conditions in eastern Ukraine due to the region’s ongoing conflict. …read more Source:...
