Section: New Zealand
MH17 tragedy: Russian missile fragments found
Fragments of a suspected Russian missile system have been found at the Flight MH17 crash site in Ukraine, investigators in the Netherlands say. …read more Source: Radio New...
Britain sets goal of training 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Britain’s defense secretary says his nation is doubling the number of Ukrainian troops it will train this year in an effort to support Kiev in its fight against Russia-backed separatists.Michael Fallon said… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Feds: Group made $30M with hacked press release info
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) ” A group of Ukrainian hackers worked with securities traders in the U.S. to make $30 million by breaking into the computer systems of companies that publish news releases about mergers and acquisitions and trading… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Dutch prosecutors: fragments from MH17 site may be from Russian-made missile
Dutch prosecutors from a joint international criminal investigation into the 2014 downing of flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine say some of the debris recovered from the site may belong to a Russian-made missile system. …read more Source:...
Prosecutors: Possible BUK missile parts found at MH17 site
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) ” Dutch prosecutors have said for the first time that they have found possible parts of a BUK missile system at the site in eastern Ukraine where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was brought down last year,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine reports heaviest shelling in six months
Ukraine has accused pro-Russian rebels of carrying out the heaviest artillery attacks on government positions in six months and warned of signs the conflict was escalating despite a ceasefire deal. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
US warns of sharp rise in separatist attacks in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) ” The United States says Ukrainian rebels launched more attacks over the last three days than any similar time period since February, in what may be an escalating effort by Russian-backed militants to destabilize Ukraine’s… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Vladimir Putin, failed spy
The ex-KGB officer seated in front of me raised his hand to interrupt my brief monologue on Vladimir Putin’s “hybrid” war in Ukraine. It was clearly the work of someone formed by the Soviet intelligence service, I was opining, of… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Gerard Depardieu banned from Ukraine
Gerard Depardieu has been named on a list of 14 Russian singers and actors whose work will be banned from TV, radio and cinemas in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine bans films featuring blacklisted Russian actors
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukraine says it has banned the screening of films featuring Russian actors included on a blacklist.It said this weekend the 14 Russian actors, singers and other cultural figures on the blacklist pose a threat to national… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
