Section: New Zealand
US: Ukrainian lawmaker’s life at risk in Russian prison
WASHINGTON (AP) ” The United States says the life of a Ukrainian air force officer and elected lawmaker “hangs in the balance” after more than seven weeks of a hunger strike in a Russian prison.State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Poland defends its right to consulate building in Russia
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ” Poland opposes as unlawful a Russian court’s order to vacate the country’s consulate building in St. Petersburg.Tension is growing between Poland and Russia over Moscow’s role in the conflict in Ukraine. The… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Pope decries ‘scandal’ of Ukraine Christians at war
VATICAN CITY (AP) ” Pope Francis has denounced the surge in fighting in eastern Ukraine, saying it was a “scandal” that Christians were fighting among themselves.During his weekly general audience Wednesday, Francis called for greater… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine president confident of getting US weapons
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says he “doesn’t have a slightest doubt” that the United States will send weapons to his country to help it fight pro-Russian rebels.Government forces have been fighting… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia to free woman accused of treason over Ukraine
Russian authorities have agreed to the conditional release of a local activist accused of high treason in phoning the Ukrainian embassy in Moscow to warn that Russian soldiers might be heading to eastern Ukraine, her lawyer said on Tuesday (Wednesday NZT). …read more Source:...
East Ukrainian death toll rises
Fears of an escalation in the mounting bloodshed in east Ukraine are growing, as pro-Russian rebels ordered a mass mobilisation. …read more Source:...
Poland ready to sell weapons to Ukraine
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ” Poland says it’s ready to sell weapons to neighboring Ukraine, as the U.S. weighs whether to offer Kiev armaments in support of its struggle against pro-Russia rebels.Foreign Ministry spokesman Marcin Wojciechowski… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Relief official says UN trying to boost aid in Ukraine
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) ” U.N. humanitarian chief Valerie Amos says the organization is trying to increase aid activities in Ukraine to help more than 5 million people affected by the conflict between the government and Russia-backed… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia, Poland clash over World War II remembrances in May
WARSAW (AP) ” A new dispute concerning World War II remembrance has broken out between Poland and Russia as relations deteriorate between the two neighbors over Russian actions in Ukraine.The clash comes as Poland considers hosting… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
5 killed in artillery fire as Ukraine fighting continues
ARTEMIVSK, Ukraine (AP) ” Authorities in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine say at least 5 people have been killed and 13 injured by artillery fire in the past day.The city hall said in a statement early on Tuesday… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
