Section: Otago Daily Times (New Zealand)
Gorbachev calls for US-Russia summit to defrost ties
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev called on Wednesday for a US-Russia summit to be convened to prevent a deep freeze in Moscow’s relations with the West over the Ukraine crisis. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Dutch to begin assembling MH17 wreckage for investigation
Crash investigators will try to reconstruct the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 that was shot down over eastern Ukraine in July from wreckage that was brought by truck to a Dutch air force hangar. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Putin, Hollande hope Ukraine ceasefire will soon take hold
French President Francois Hollande said after an impromptu visit to Russia for crisis talks with Vladimir Putin that a ceasefire could take hold in eastern Ukraine in the next few days. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Most Russians believe troops not fighting in Ukraine
A majority of Russians believe their country’s troops are not fighting in eastern Ukraine but nearly half would be glad if it turned out they were, an opinion poll showed. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Solution to Ukraine crisis possible: Putin
Russia President Vladimir Putin said in a German television interview he is convinced it should be possible to find a way to resolve the crisis in Ukraine but added he was concerned about the threat of ethnic cleansing. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Heavy shelling rocks rebel-held Donetsk
Fresh volleys of artillery fire were heard across many parts of the separatist stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, a Ukrainian government statement said, after Kiev warned again of rebel preparations for a fresh offensive. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
MH17 recovery begins
Local emergency services have recovered human remains, aircraft parts and personal belongings from the site where Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashed in eastern Ukraine in July, Dutch authorities say. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
MH17 photo real or fake?
Russian state-controlled TV has broadcast what it called “sensational” photographs, which it said supported Moscow’s theory that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a Ukrainian fighter jet. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Ukraine to close state offices, bank services in rebel-held east
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko issued several decrees to shut state institutions and banking services in pro-Russian eastern regions, pressing a move to cut links with the rebel-held territory. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Western leaders confront Putin at G20
Western leaders warned Vladimir Putin at a G20 summit on Saturday that he risked more economic sanctions if he failed to end Russian backing for separatist rebels in Ukraine. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
