Section: Otago Daily Times (New Zealand)
Pope urges Putin for peace in Ukraine
A stern Pope Francis has urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to make a “sincere and great effort” to achieve peace in Ukraine. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Five killed in Ukraine fuel depot blaze
A massive fire at a Ukrainian fuel depot has killed five people, officials say, including three firemen who went missing after the flames triggered a powerful explosion. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Ukraine fuel depot blaze under control
Emergency services have stopped a fuel depot fire outside Kiev from spreading, officials say, but the fate of three firemen missing after the blaze triggered a powerful explosion remains unknown. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Patrol boat blows up near Ukraine port
A search operation is under way or a border guard official missing after a patrol boat sank off Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol following an explosion, the border guard said. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
G7 leaders urge tough line on Russia
Group of Seven leaders have vowed at a summit in Germany to keep sanctions against Russia in place until President Vladimir Putin and Moscow-backed separatists fully implement the terms of a peace deal for Ukraine. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
MH17: Russian investigators point finger at Ukraine
Russian federal investigators say they have testimony from a former Ukrainian air force mechanic supporting a Moscow theory that a Malaysian passenger plane downed in east Ukraine last summer was attacked by a Ukrainian fighter jet. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Crimea plan hatched before referendum – Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he ordered officials to start work on taking control of Crimea weeks before a referendum which, the Kremlin has asserted until now, prompted the region’s annexation from Ukraine. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Putin’s suppression to blame for Nemtsov’s death – NATO official
Vladimir Putin is seeking to turn Ukraine into a failed state while silencing dissent at home, a top NATO official said, suggesting the Russian President was ultimately responsible for the murder of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Seventeen miners killed in Donetsk mine explosion
Seventeen miners died in an explosion at a coal mine in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukrainian, where a blast trapped dozens of people, the news agency RIA Novosti said, citing the region’s emergency services. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Three dead as Kiev accuses Ukraine rebels of shelling
Three Ukrainian servicemen were killed and nine wounded as pro-Russian rebels shelled government positions despite a ceasefire deal, the military said, announcing Kiev’s highest casualty toll in several days. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
