Section: New Zealand
British troops deployed to Ukraine
British Prime Minister David Cameron announces plans to send British military personnel to Ukraine to provide advice and training. …read more Source: Radio New...
US troops heading to Ukraine to give medical training
WASHINGTON (AP) ” A U.S. military official says the Pentagon will be deploying a small number of troops to Ukraine to provide medical training to forces there who have been battling Russian-backed separatists.Between five and 10… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Kerry: Russia has lied about its activities in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) ” Secretary of State John Kerry says Russia has lied “to my face and the face of others on many different occasions” about its activities in Ukraine.Kerry told a U.S. Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Tuesday… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
AP PHOTOS: Top pictures from Europe and Africa
LONDON (AP) ” Scattered attacks in eastern Ukraine threatened a peace deal brokered by France and Germany that called on government forces and pro-Russia rebels to pull back heavy weapons.Ukrainians marked the anniversary of President… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Lithuania restores compulsory military service
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) ” Lithuania has decided to restore compulsory military service for young men as tensions in Ukraine continue to worry the small Baltic nation.After a meeting of military leaders and top government officials,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian president signs memorandum to cooperate with UAE
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ” Ukraine’s president says his country has signed an agreement to cooperate with the United Arab Emirates on military and technical issues as he licked off a visit to the Western-allied Gulf nation.Petro… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
4-way talks on Ukraine underway in Paris
PARIS (AP) ” Talks about a fragile peace deal for Ukraine are under way in Paris between the foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France.The meeting at the French Foreign Ministry comes amid scattered violence and uncertainty… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Poland’s Sikorski says Putin has ‘lost Ukraine’
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ” Poland’s Parliament speaker says that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s support of separatists in eastern Ukraine has backfired on him by stoking greater Ukrainian nationalism elsewhere in the country.Radek… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine rebels claim weapons pullback begins
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine say they have begun a large-scale pullback of heavy weapons in line with an international peace plan that aims to form a wide buffer zone between separatists’ and Ukrainian… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
OSCE says Ukraine cease-fire has lowered military exchanges
UNITED NATIONS (AP) ” The head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe says the cease-fire in Ukraine has “very significantly” lowered the level of military exchanges between government and separatist forces, but… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
