Section: New Zealand
House passes resolution urging Obama to send arms to Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) ” The House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved a resolution urging President Barack Obama to send lethal weapons to Ukraine to protect its sovereignty in its fight against Russian-backed rebels.The resolution… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Clashes rage in Ukrainian town, making mockery of truce
To reach rear-guard government positions in the seaside town of Shyrokyne, Ukrainian soldiers gingerly wind their off-roaders through private gardens hugging a precipice along the Azov Sea. …read more Source:...
Clashes rage in Ukrainian town, making mockery of truce
SHYROKYNE, Ukraine (AP) ” To reach rear-guard government positions in the seaside town of Shyrokyne, Ukrainian soldiers gingerly wind their off-roaders through private gardens hugging a precipice along the Azov Sea.The truce announced… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US troops drive in eastern Europe to show defense readiness
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ” A U.S. army infantry convoy is driving through eastern Europe seeking to provide reassurance to a region concerned that the conflict between Russian-backed rebels and government forces in Ukraine threatens its… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine truce shaken by artillery fire
Artillery fire has rocked the Donetsk in the latest clashes to rattle an internationally-brokered ceasefire. …read more Source:...
Yanukovych’s younger son reported dead in accident in Russia
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” An associate of Ukraine’s deposed president says the former leader’s son has died in an accident in which a vehicle plunged through the ice on Lake Baikal in Russia.Nestor Shufrych, a deputy in Ukraine’s parliament,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US air defense troops train fast deployment in Poland
SOCHACZEW, Poland (AP) ” U.S. air defense troops are training rapid deployment of Patriot missile launchers in Poland amid concerns that the conflict between Russia-backed rebels and government forces in Ukraine is threatening the… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Confidence in Ukraine’s cease-fire hurt by arms violations
NOVOAMVROSIIVSKE, Ukraine (AP) ” With cameras and clipboards in hands, teams of blue-jacketed international observers drive around the muddy countryside of eastern Ukraine looking for rocket launchers and artillery.Their task is… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Georgians hit by fallout from trouble in Russia, Ukraine
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) ” For Mariam Matiashvili, Georgia’s crumbling tourist trade is a health risk.The 64-year-old woman spends much of her meager pension of 150 lari ($68) a month on medicine and has long lived off selling cheap… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Dutch visit ‘inaccessible’ MH17 site
Dutch experts have returned to war-ravaged Ukraine to probe the MH17 crash site, including visiting a location previously considered unsafe. …read more Source:...
