Section: New Zealand
Ukrainian soldiers tell of harrowing escape from pro-Russian rebels’ noose
When the order to retreat came over the radio, most of the Ukrainian troops under siege in Debaltseve abandoned their heavy weapons, blew up their ammunition, and then fled in convoys of trucks as pro-Russian forces shot at them along the way. …read more Source:...
Ukraine calls for international peacekeeping mission
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has called for an international peacekeeping mission in his nation’s war-torn east, a stark admission that his nation can no longer fend off pro-Russian rebels after a major battlefield defeat. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian forces flee besieged town after rebel assault
Ukraine has pulled thousands of troops out of an encircled town after a massive assault by pro-Russian rebels, who ignored a new ceasefire to seize the strategic railway junction. …read more Source:...
Russian spy chief to attend US meeting on fighting extremism
WASHINGTON (AP) ” Despite U.S.-Russian tensions over Ukraine, the head of the Russian spy and counterintelligence service will attend this week’s White House conference on countering extremist violence.The State Department says… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Germany says peace plan for Ukraine “damaged” not dead
Germany condemned the seizure of a strategic east Ukrainian town by pro-Russian rebels as a “massive violation” of a ceasefire, but said it was too early to call the broader Misnk peace plan dead or ratchet up sanctions against Moscow. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Ukrainian forces quit besieged town after rebel assault
Ukraine pulled thousands of troops out of an encircled town after a massive assault by pro-Russian rebels, who ignored a new ceasefire to seize the strategic railway junction. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
High Ukrainian casualties despite ceasefire
Twenty-two Ukrainian soldiers were killed and more than 150 were wounded in fighting with Russian-backed separatists in the railway junction of Debaltseve in the last few days, Interfax news agency quoted the armed forces general staff as saying on Wednesday (Thursday NZT). …read more Source:...
Ukraine troops pull out of besieged flashpoint town
Ukrainian troops have pulled out of a besieged flashpoint eastern town after it was stormed by pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source:...
NATO chief concerned over continuing Ukraine fighting
RIGA, Latvia (AP) ” NATO’s secretary general says that he is “deeply concerned” on the deteriorating situation around the Ukrainian town of Debaltseve and said the refusal of pro-Russian separatists to respect a ceasefire threatened… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Germany condemns separatist advance on Debaltseve
BERLIN (AP) ” The German government has condemned pro-Russian rebels’ advance on the Ukrainian town of Debaltseve and denounced it as “a massive violation” of a cease-fire that came into effect at the weekend.Chancellor Angela Merkel’s… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
