Section: New Zealand
Pro-Moscow rebels continue renewed Ukraine offensive
Pro-Moscow rebels, backed by what NATO says is the open participation of Russian troops, pressed on with their offensive on Sunday after restarting the war in eastern Ukraine with the first all-out assault since a truce five months ago. …read more Source:...
Stop warfare, start talking – Pope’s plea to Ukraine fighters
Pope Francis says he is following the Ukrainian conflict with intense worry. …read more Source: Television New...
Ukrainian pleads for weapons
Vadim Ozirny is hoping for reinforcements. The 46-year-old Ukrainian tank commander says politicians might yet stop the conflict that grips the east of his country, but supplies of arms from the West would bring a quicker result.”Can… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine: Phone calls prove rebels attacked city, killed 30
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukraine’s leader says intercepted radio and telephone conversations prove that Russian-backed separatists were responsible for firing the rockets that pounded the southeastern city of Mariupol and killed at least… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Pope’s plea to Ukraine fighters: Stop warfare, start talking
VATICAN CITY (AP) ” Pope Francis has decried the mounting civilian casualties in eastern Ukraine and is appealing for fresh attempts at dialogue to end the warfare.In off-the-cuff remarks Sunday, Francis told pilgrims and tourists… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Obama ‘deeply concerned’ about latest violence in Ukraine
NEW DELHI (AP) ” President Barack Obama says his administration is “deeply concerned” about the latest deadly flare-up in eastern Ukraine, but he says he won’t change how he’s handling the situation.Obama says he’ll keep trying… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia blocks UN condemnation of shelling of Ukraine city
Russia has blocked a statement from the UN that would condemn attacks on Mariupol. …read more Source: Television New...
Russia blocks UN condemnation of shelling of Ukraine city
UNITED NATIONS (AP) ” Russia has blocked a Western-backed U.N. Security Council statement that would have condemned indiscriminate shelling in Ukraine’s southeastern city of Mariupol that killed about 30 civilians and injured more… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Rockets kill 30 in Ukrainian city as rebels launch offensive
Indiscriminate rocket fire slammed into a market, schools, homes and shops Saturday in Ukraine’s southeastern city of Mariupol, killing at least 30 people, authorities said. The Ukrainian president called the blitz a terrorist attack… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Rebels announce offensive on key Ukraine city
Pro-Kremlin rebels have announced an offensive after heavy rocket fire killed at least 30 people in a strategic government-held Ukrainian port. …read more Source:...
