Section: New Zealand
Death toll mounts in Ukraine after peace talks fail
Thirteen government soldiers and at least as many civilians have been killed in the past 24 hours in eastern Ukraine’s separatist conflict after the collapse of peace talks, Kiev authorities said. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Ukraine peace talks stall amid artillery fire
As Ukraine’s Government sat down with pro-Russian separatists for peace talks in Minsk yesterday, the people of Debaltseve were gathering in their town hall for evacuation as fire from heavy-calibre weapons boomed.Parts of the east… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine: 13 troops killed in fight with Russia-backed rebels
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukraine says 13 of its servicemen have been killed and 20 wounded in the fighting with Russia-backed separatist forces over the past 24 hours.Security Council spokesman Vladimir Polevoi said Sunday that the… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
‘Like the last judgment’ in Donetsk
With the conflict in eastern Ukraine laying waste to its cities and infrastructure, residents of war-torn Donetsk are being forced to live with the bare minimum. …read more Source:...
2 passengers killed in bus crash in eastern Slovakia
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) ” Slovak officials say two passengers have been killed in a crash of a Czech bus heading for the city of Uzhorod in Ukraine.Andrej Hirjak of Slovakia’s rescue service says the accident occurred shortly… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
3 civilians dead in intense fighting in eastern Ukraine
DEBALTSEVE, Ukraine (AP) ” A top Ukrainian official says at least three civilians were killed overnight in intense fighting between pro-Russian separatists and government troops in eastern Ukraine.Donetsk regional police chief Vyacheslav… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine talks, clashes follow EU sanctions
The EU has expanded its raft of sanctions against Russia as fighting continues in the east and fresh moves are made hold peace talks. …read more Source:...
On Ukraine battlefield, one act of mercy becomes an internet sensation
The phone connection from my living room in Berlin to the battlefield in eastern Ukraine couldn’t have been better. First Lieutenant Alexei Chaban of the Ukrainian 17th Tank Brigade came in loud and clear, the sound of gunfire in the distance. “There’s some shelling going on,” he said. “If the line cuts out,...
Watchdog warns over ignoring rights
Governments increasingly view human rights as “a luxury” they can ill afford, Human Rights Watch said yesterday, warning that abuses fuel crises in world trouble spots such as Syria and Ukraine.Western powers, including the United… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine peace talks aborted as civilians die in east
Civilians were killed on both sides in heavy fighting in eastern Ukraine, while an attempt to reopen peace talks in neighbouring Belarus was aborted before it began. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
