Section: South Africa
Russia warns US over weapons on border
Moscow warns of retaliation if US carries out plan to station tanks and heavy weapons in NATO states on Russia’s border ||| Moscow/Warsaw – A plan by Washington to station tanks and heavy weapons in NATO states on Russia’s border would be the most aggressive US act since the Cold War, and Moscow would retaliate by beefing up its...
News24.com | Ukraine soldier killed, 21 hurt in clashes with separatists
Ukraine’s military says escalating clashes between government forces and pro-Russian insurgents in the separatist east left one Ukrainian soldier dead and 21 injured. …read more Source:...
War in Ukraine creates no man’s lands
A single crack of an automatic rifle shattered the tomb-like silence of this no-man’s-land village in east Ukraine. The gunshot, fired in error by a j …read more Source: The New...
News24.com | US accuses Russia of ‘outright lies’ on Ukraine
Washington’s UN envoy has accused Russia of spinning ‘outright lies’ on Ukraine designed to hide the Kremlin’s direct involvement in a war it launched to thwart Kiev’s pro-Western drive. …read more Source:...
Putin meets Pope in Italy
Pope Francis has urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to make a “sincere effort” for peace in Ukraine. ||| Rome – Russian President Vladimir Putin used a trip to Italy on Wednesday to press his case against international sanctions and was urged by Pope Francis to make a “sincere effort” for peace in Ukraine.After telling Italian premier...
Educated Ukrainians flee east Ukraine for new lives in Kiev
Alesya Bolot worked for a contemporary arts foundation that converted an abandoned factory into a mecca for young and bright people with daring ideas. …read more Source: The New...
News24.com | Pope tells Putin: Sincere peace efforts needed for Ukraine
Pope Francis has encouraged Russian President Vladimir Putin to engage in ‘sincere’ international efforts aimed at bringing peace to Ukraine as the two men met privately at the Vatican. …read more Source:...
Pope tells Putin: ‘Sincere’ peace efforts needed for Ukraine
Pope Francis encouraged Russian President Vladimir Putin to engage in “sincere” international efforts aimed at bringing peace to Ukraine as the two me …read more Source: The New...
Kiev fuel depot up in flames
– RAGING INFERNO: Emergency services in Ukraine tackle the enormous blaze at a fuel storage depot 30km outside Massive explosions may be sabotage UKRAINE evacuated hundreds of residents yesterday after a series of blasts at a fuel depot near Kiev set off a ferocious fire, with several people missing and at least one confirmed dead. The defence...
News24.com | Massive fire engulfs fuel depot near Kiev
Three fire-fighters are missing and feared dead after a ferocious blast tore through a fuel depot and sparked a fire that threatened to engulf a nearby filling station on the outskirts of Ukraine’s capital Kiev. …read more Source:...
