Section: New Zealand
Top Republican, House Dem back lethal aid to Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) ” The top Republican and Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee are calling for $1 billion in lethal defensive aid to Ukraine.Rep. Mac Thornberry and Rep. Adam Smith of Washington state introduced legislation… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US presses Russia on Ukraine peace deal
US President Barack Obama has called his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to discuss escalating violence in eastern Ukraine, urging him to embrace a negotiated solution. …read more Source:...
Intense fighting ahead of Ukraine summit
Fresh violence in Ukraine, including a rocket strike on Kiev’s military headquarters in the east, has killed at least 20 people on the eve of a four-way peace summit. …read more Source:...
Renewed fighting in Ukraine casts a shadow over four-way peace talks
Intense fighting in Ukraine, including a rocket strike on Kiev’s military headquarters in the east, have killed at least 23 people on the eve of a four-way peace summit.As diplomats scrambled to finalise a deal to end the 10-month… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Obama talks to Ukraine leader as US weighs lethal aid
WASHINGTON (AP) ” Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is updating President Barack Obama about a new round of peace talks aimed at securing a cease-fire with pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.Obama and Poroshenko spoke… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine: Hollande determined for peace talks to succeed
PARIS (AP) ” French president Francois Hollande said he is determined for Ukraine peace talks to succeed, but without any certainty, ahead of a planned meeting Wednesday in Minsk between the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
AP PHOTOS: Top pictures from Europe and Africa
LONDON (AP) ” The war in eastern Ukraine again dominated the news in Europe last week, as Russian-backed rebels captured territory near the besieged town of Debaltseve, prompting Ukrainian authorities to evacuate some residents.The… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Germany: Top-level talks on Ukraine peace resuming in Minsk
BERLIN (AP) ” Germany’s Foreign Ministry says talks between senior officials from Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine to pave the way for a summit of leaders in Minsk will resume in the Belarusian capital.The ministry says that… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Life under shelling in eastern Ukraine: a battle to survive
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) ” At the Trudovskoi bus station in Donetsk, the gossip these days focuses on whose house has been hit by shelling and where you can get food handouts.Day and night, mortars and rockets rain down on the rebel… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Poland will not send lethal weapons to Ukraine
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ” Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak says Poland will not send lethal weapons to Ukraine but says there is little optimism in the west about the outcome of peace negotiations.In interviews for Polish media Tuesday,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
