Section: New Zealand
US to expand Ukraine military training
WASHINGTON (AP) ” The Obama administration says it is planning to expand its training of Ukrainian security forces with small-unit exercises for personnel from Kiev’s Defense Ministry.The State Department announced Friday that the… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine’s justice ministry bars Communists from elections
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukraine’s justice ministry has barred three Communist parties from running in the upcoming local elections, citing recent legislation.Ukrainian news agencies on Friday quoted Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine’s new police on charm offensive in Kiev
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Only a few months ago, Kiev residents would normally avoid the police if they could help it. The officer would be of no use on a complaint ” or worse, would demand a bribe.Not any longer. These days, Kiev residents… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Cars of OSCE observers vandalized in eastern Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” Observers at the Organization for Security and Cooperation and Security in Europe say protesters in rebel-controlled Donetsk have vandalized their cars.Russian television on Thursday showed several dozen protesters… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian bus crash in Poland kills 5, injures 25
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ” Polish police say that a bus traveling from Ukraine to Warsaw has crashed, killing five people and injuring more than two dozen others.Police spokesman Marek Kapusta said Thursday that the driver probably fell… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Volunteer named governor in eastern Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has appointed a well-known volunteer as governor in one of the two war-torn regions in the east.Since hostilities broke out in eastern Ukraine in April 2014, killing more… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Hundreds of Ukrainian right-wingers rally against Kiev govt
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Hundreds of Ukrainian right-wingers are rallying in Kiev to protest government policies.The radical Right Sector group was one of the most militant factions in the massive protests in Ukraine’s capital that… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Crimean filmmaker pleads not guilty in terrorism trial
MOSCOW (AP) ” A Ukrainian filmmaker who has been in jail for more than a year has pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit terrorism.Critics have dismissed Oleg Sentsov’s prosecution as revenge for his pro-Ukrainian… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia’s UN draft on MH17 crash doesn’t call for tribunal
UNITED NATIONS (AP) ” Russia has circulated a U.N. resolution demanding that those responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine last year be brought to justice ” but eliminating the international tribunal that… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Lithuania removes remaining Soviet-era statues in capital
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) ” Workers in Lithuania have begun dismantling the last Soviet statues in the capital, following calls prompted by the Ukraine crisis that symbols of Soviet occupation be removed.The statues, which depict… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
