Section: New Zealand
Ukraine says 1 solider killed, 5 wounded in separatist raids
MINSK, Belarus (AP) ” Ukraine says a soldier has been killed and five others wounded in separatist attacks in eastern Ukraine and that a rise in violence is threatening the region’s delicate truce.Col. Andriy Lysenko, presidential… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Carter says Russia, China potentially threaten global order
SIMI VALLEY, California (AP) ” U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Saturday accused Russia of endangering world order, citing its incursions in Ukraine and loose talk about nuclear weapons, and said the U.S. defense establishment… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Rebels accuse Ukrainian government of using heavy weaponry
MOSCOW (AP) ” Separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine have accused government forces of shelling residential areas under their control with heavy artillery.The uptick in fighting, reported by both side in the past few days, comes as… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine’s rebel center in limbo as fighting dies down
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) ” The fighting has subsided, but Donetsk is quickly sinking into the past ” a shabby Soviet-like state of empty streets and deprivation. Huge portraits of Josef Stalin hanging in the city center only reinforce… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Weapons pullback in eastern Ukraine in jeopardy
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukrainian government forces and Russia-backed rebels in the east of the country are threatening to stop the ongoing weapons withdrawal if their positions continue to come under attack.Olexander Turchynov, chairman… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Czechs to ease rules for Ukrainians to get jobs
PRAGUE (AP) ” The Czech Republic is ready to ease rules for well-qualified Ukrainians to get a work permit.Foreign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek says the program’s first stage will make it easier for some 500 university and high school… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian accused of plotting attack against Russian Embassy
LONDON (AP) ” A prosecutor has accused a Ukrainian man of plotting a terror attack against the Russian Embassy in London after returning from a visit to eastern Ukraine at the height of the conflict there.Prosecutor Robin Sellars… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine reports sniper attack on top prosecutor
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukrainian authorities say a sniper shot at the country’s top prosecutor as he sat in his office, but that bulletproof glass prevented any casualties.Prosecutor-General Viktor Shokin was in his office late Monday with… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Gov’t forces, rebels in eastern Ukraine report fighting
MOSCOW (AP) ” Government and separatist forces in eastern Ukraine are both reporting renewed fighting.The press office of the Ukrainian government operation there said on Tuesday that Russia-backed rebels shelled its positions outside… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Austria: 11 injured in Ukrainian tourist bus crash
VIENNA (AP) ” Austrian officials say a bus carrying Ukrainian tourists crashed through a guardrail while approaching a highway and flipped, injuring 11 people, two of them seriously.Firefighter spokesman Franz Resperger said the… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
