Section: New Zealand
Official: Moscow could hand over imprisoned Ukrainian
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russia’s justice minister says Moscow is open to discussing handing over to Kiev a Ukrainian pilot charged with the murder of two journalists.Nadezhda Savchenko, a Ukrainian pilot who served in a volunteer battalion… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
UN: Polio vaccines in Ukraine safe despite local concerns
LONDON (AP) ” The World Health Organization says it’s worried that millions of doses of polio vaccine might be wasted in the Ukraine after concerns were raised by a patient group that the doses are unsafe.The oral polio vaccine… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Missile fragments ‘found in MH17 bodies’
Fragments of a Buk anti-aircraft missile have been found in the bodies of victims of the Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 disaster in eastern Ukraine, an investigator has said.Vasyl Vovk, a senior officer of the Ukrainian Security Service… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
‘Real truce’ has begun in Ukraine – Poroshenko
President Petro Poroshenko says a “real truce” had begun in Ukraine but a long-lasting peace with pro-Russian insurgents would still take some time. …read more Source:...
Ukraine: separatist leaders can get only temporary immunity
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has indicated that Kiev would be willing to offer only temporary immunity for any separatist leaders running in the upcoming elections in the east.Klimkin said in comments carried… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine rebels to delay elections
MOSCOW (AP) ” Officials of the eastern Ukraine regions under the control of Russia-backed separatists say they will postpone local elections that were to be held in the next several weeks, an issue that had impeded progress toward… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine moves toward allowing foreigners in military
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukraine’s parliament has passed a measure that would allow foreigners to serve in its armed forces.The legislation, which cleared a final reading on Tuesday, comes as tensions persist with Russia over the separatist… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Smaller-weapons pullback begins in Ukraine
SCHASTYE, Ukraine (AP) ” Separatist rebels and Ukrainian forces have begun pulling back smaller-caliber weapons from the front line, a step toward de-escalating a war that has killed more than 8,000 people.Under an agreement reached… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Leaders meet on Ukraine peace deal
The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine are meeting in Paris to consolidate a fragile peace in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Russian, Ukrainian leaders to hold talks in Paris
PARIS (AP) ” Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to meet leaders of Ukraine, France and Germany in a revived European push to bring peace to eastern Ukraine.The long-awaited summit in Paris on Friday is being overshadowed by… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
