Section: Otago Daily Times (New Zealand)
East Ukrainian city of Mariupol shelled – officials
Ten people were killed in shelling by pro-Russian separatists in the east Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, the head of the Kiev-controlled Donetsk regional police said. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Russia faces $40b battle to stave off banking crisis
Russia may have to spend more than $40 billion this year to avert a banking crisis, as the growing likelihood of a sharp recession threatens to pile extra costs on a sector suffering from Western sanctions over Ukraine and a plunge in the rouble. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Eight civilians killed in shelling of Ukraine trolleybus
An artillery shell or mortar struck a public transport stop in the rebel-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, killing at least eight civilians in an incident both sides blamed on the other. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Separatists renew attack on airport as Russia and Ukraine bicker
Pro-Russian separatists renewed attacks on Ukrainian forces at an airport complex in the east after Kiev launched a mass operation to reclaim lost ground there that Russia called a “strategic mistake”. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Ukrainian troops retake most of Donetsk airport from rebels
Ukrainian troops recaptured almost all the territory of Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine they had lost to separatists in recent weeks, even as thousands gathered in Kiev for a state-sponsored peace march. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Ousted Ukraine president sought by Interpol
Interpol has put ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich on the international wanted list on Ukrainian charges of embezzlement and financial wrong-doing, according to a notice on the international police organisation’s website. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Gorbachev warns of major war over Ukraine
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned that tensions between Russia and European powers over the Ukraine crisis could result in a major conflict or even nuclear war, in an interview to appear in a German news magazine this weekend. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Ukraine president to meet leaders in peace bid
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says he will meet the leaders of Russia, France and Germany next month in an attempt to restore peace to Kiev’s eastern territories. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Russia won’t be intimidated over Crimea – Putin
Russia will not be intimidated over its actions in Ukraine and Crimea, President Vladimir Putin said as his foreign ministry warned that it was preparing to retaliate against fresh Western sanctions. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
First full overnight truce in Ukraine’s rebel east
Ukraine’s separatist east passed the night into Tuesday (local time) without any shooting, President Petro Poroshenko said, hailing the first such stretch of calm as a positive sign for the next steps in a peace plan. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
