Section: New Zealand
Ukraine: Rebels break truce near Mariupol
Pro-Russian forces massing near Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol are continuing to attack government troop positions, Kiev says. …read more Source:...
Trapped by Ukraine rebel assault, civilians stay underground
A rat was racing in the corner of the cellar below the ruins of a bombed-out five storey apartment building. In the darkness, an old woman was making soup and baking bread on a homemade wood-burning stove. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Suffering Ukrainian currency takes another fall
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukraine’s economy, which has been badly hit by more than a year of crisis, has suffered another blow with a sharp drop in the national currency, the hryvnia.On Monday, the hryvnia was trading about 9 percent… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russians blamed for fatal attack at peace march
Ukraine accused Russia of sponsoring a terrorist attack on a peace march in the city of Kharkiv that left two dead and at least 10 wounded.In the deadliest blast of a bombing campaign by pro-Russian separatists, an explosive device… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine: rebel attacks prevent weapons pullback
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” A Ukrainian military spokesman says continuing attacks from rebels are delaying Ukrainian forces’ pullback of heavy weapons from the front line in the country’s east.Under a peace agreement reached on Feb. 12,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Bomb explodes at Ukraine rally
A bomb has killed at least two people and injured 10 more at a rally in Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio New...
Ukraine truce draws more warnings from West
The West has sounded more forceful warnings over Ukraine’s battered truce as fighting raged around the port city of Mariupol. …read more Source:...
Ukraine fears spread of war after deadly blast
Ukraine officials say they fear unrest could spread beyond territory held by pro-Russian separatists, after an explosion killed two people at a memorial rally in an eastern city far from the front line. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Ukraine says weapon pullback to begin
Ukraine will begin pulling back heavy weaponry from the front lines against Russia-backed separatist rebels. …read more Source: Television New...
Ukraine claims 12 cease-fire violations overnight
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukrainian officials say Russia-backed separatists violated a troubled cease-fire a dozen times during the night with artillery and rocket attacks and an attempt to storm a Ukrainian encampment.Explosions were… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
