Section: New Zealand
Fire hits Ukraine arsenal, 1 believed dead
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukrainian news reports say a large fire in a military arsenal in an eastern town is setting off explosions and at least person is believed to have been killed.The fire began Thursday evening in Svatove, which is under… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Director of Ukrainian library detained in Moscow
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russian investigators say the police have detained the director of a Ukrainian library in Moscow on suspicion of inciting ethnic hatred.The Russian investigative committee said in a statement on Thursday that it has… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine faces years of dependence on Western aid
VELYKI PRYTSKY, Ukraine (AP) ” Looking on from her vegetable patch at the motorcade of U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, Ukrainian villager Olha Voloshchenko says she’d seen the lady on the TV news the night before, but “then… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian soldier killed near rebel-held Donetsk airport
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukraine says one of its soldiers has been killed by rebel forces that were violating a cease-fire in the east.It was the first reported government loss in fighting since mid-October. A February cease-fire between… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Exit polls in Ukraine local elections show east-west split
MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) ” Four exit polls from Ukraine’s local elections indicate the governing coalition has retained its dominant position in the west and center of the country despite widespread disappointment with the government… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine rebels accuse MSF for espionage
Pro-Russian insurgents say they have banned Doctors Without Borders (MSF) from working in the area for alleged espionage activity. …read more Source:...
Direct flights between Russia and Ukraine stopped
MOSCOW (AP) ” Direct flights between Russia and Ukraine have stopped as a result of continuing tensions over Russia’s annexation of Crimea and backing of separatists in eastern Ukraine.Travelers between the two nations will now… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine holds local elections that test oligarchs’ reach
MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukrainians are voting in local elections that are seen as a test of the strength of President Petro Poroshenko’s government and of the oligarchs accustomed to running regions of the country.The situation… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia and Ukraine cancel flights
Flights between Russia and Ukraine have stopped amid a standoff over Moscow’s support of separatists in the east of Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio New...
21 customs officers detained in Hungary corruption case
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) ” Hungarian prosecutors say 21 police officers working at a border crossing with Ukraine have been detained, suspected of regularly taking bribes from foreigner travelers and allowing them to enter or leave… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
