Section: New Zealand
US Senate to vote on defense policy bill
WASHINGTON (AP) ” The U.S. Senate is poised to pass a $612 billion defense policy bill that calls for arming Ukraine forces, prevents another round of base closures and makes it harder for President Barack Obama to close the prison… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine officials say suspected killers of reporter detained
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Prosecutors in Ukraine’s capital say they have detained two people suspected of murdering a journalist known for his pro-Russian views.The Kiev prosecutor’s office said Thursday that the suspects are in their… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
EU to extend Russia sanctions by 6 months
BRUSSELS (AP) ” The European Union is set to extend economic sanctions against Russia until January to keep pressure on Moscow over the conflict in eastern Ukraine.An EU diplomat said Wednesday that European ambassadors decided… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian soldiers accused of murdering civilians
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Prosecutors in Ukraine says a pair of government soldiers has been detained on suspicion of killing two women that allegedly sympathized with armed separatists in the east.The Donetsk region prosecutor’s office… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian banker wanted by Kiev arrested in Germany
BERLIN (AP) ” German authorities say they have arrested a Ukrainian banker wanted on an international arrest warrant alleging financial crimes in his native country.Brandenburg state prosecutor Juergen Suelldorf, who is handling… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Progress in Ukraine talks reported, but no breakthrough
MINSK, Belarus (AP) ” Negotiators say progress has been made at the latest round of talks on resolving the Ukraine conflict but there has been no breakthrough.The so-called Contact Group of representatives from Russia, Ukraine and… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
In east Ukraine psychiatric ward, war deepens mental wounds
HORLIVKA, Ukraine (AP) ” Whenever the bombs fell, the men and women in the psychiatric ward would huddle in terror around fellow patient Valentina Izotova, a stout, maternal-looking woman, and she would read to them from her favorite… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine’s artillery duels again take toll on civilians
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) ” Crackling forth over radio, the voice ordered tanks to take position in a residential area in Donetsk, the stronghold of separatist rebels in east Ukraine.The rebel armored vehicles trundled to their destination… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US plans to store heavy arms in Baltic, Eastern Europe – source
The United States plans to store heavy military equipment in the Baltics and Eastern European nations to reassure allies made uneasy by Russian intervention in Ukraine, and to deter further aggression, a senior US official said on Saturday. …read more Source:...
Ukraine says 6 servicemen killed in fighting
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukraine’s military says six of its servicemen have been killed and another 14 wounded in fighting over the past day, one of the highest casualty tolls reported in a single day since an often-violated cease-fire was called… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
