Section: New Zealand
Russian ex-PM’s daughter under fire for leaving for Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” The daughter of a former Russian prime minister is under fire from both Russia and Ukraine for accepting the job of a deputy governor in a Ukrainian region.Maria Gaidar’s appointment as deputy governor of Odessa,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
8,000 HIV patients at risk in East Ukraine
Some 8,000 people with HIV in war-torn eastern Ukraine are facing a critical shortage of medicine, with a UN AIDS envoy saying their supply will soon run out unless a blockade is lifted. …read more Source:...
Fresh fighting kills 3 in Ukraine
Two civilians and a soldier have been killed in the latest outbreak of fighting in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
800 troops from US, Europe take part in Moldova exercises
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) ” Some 800 troops from Moldova, the U.S., Romania, Poland and Georgia are taking part in joint military exercises in Moldova, a former Soviet republic that borders Ukraine.The “Joint Effort 2015″exercises… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine rebels say their small weapons pullback is beginning
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukraine’s separatist rebels say they have begun pulling back military vehicles with small-caliber weapons from most of the front line in their war with Ukrainian forces.The claims Sunday by the Russia-backed rebels… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine rebels: Ready to pull back tanks, smaller weapons
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukraine’s Russia-backed separatist rebels say they are ready to pull back smaller-caliber weapons from much of the front line in eastern Ukraine.Under a February armistice, both the rebels and the Ukrainian forces… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
BBC claims News Corp MH17 exclusive video broadcast a year ago
News Corporation’s so-called “exclusive” MH17 crash footage smuggled out of a Ukrainian rebel base was broadcast a year ago by the BBC, the broadcaster’s Australian correspondent says. …read more Source:...
Ukraine president vows justice over MH17
Ukraine president Petro Poroshenko has called it a “moral duty” to punish the “murderers” who killed 298 people by downing Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over rebel-held territory one year ago. …read more Source:...
Ukraine calls local elections but not in rebel-held east
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” The Ukrainian parliament has voted to call a local election across the country in October, but not in the rebel-occupied east.The Kiev government has had no control over parts of eastern Ukraine since separatist… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian village marks anniversary of Malaysian plane crash
HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) ” Residents of the Ukrainian village where a Malaysian airliner was shot down with 298 people aboard are marking the disaster’s anniversary.Villagers carrying flowers gathered in the church in the center of… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
