Section: New Zealand
As Ukraine truce holds, Russia vows economic pain
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Fighting in eastern Ukraine between government troops and Russian-backed separatist forces has ground almost to halt. That should be good news for Ukraine, but Russia looks intent to pile on the economic misery.In… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
UN says death toll in eastern Ukraine up to 4,707
GENEVA (AP) ” The U.N. human rights office says at least 4,707 people have been killed and 10,322 wounded in the conflict-affected areas of eastern Ukraine.It says more than 5 million people are living in the conflict areas where… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US and Russia diplomats to discuss Ukraine
US diplomat John Kerry is to talk new sanctions and US weapon supply to Ukraine with Russian diplomat Sergei Lavrov in Rome today. …read more Source:...
Russia will react if US imposes new sanctions
Russia will take countermeasures if the US imposes new sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov says. …read more Source:...
Russia reaches out to Europe’s far-right parties
VIENNA (AP) ” A Russian loan to France’s National Front. Invitations to Moscow for leaders of Austria’s Freedom Party. Praise for Vladimir Putin from the head of Britain’s anti-European Union party.As the diplomatic chill over Ukraine… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia outraged at US military aid to Ukraine
Russia has expressed outrage at the US Senate’s approval of a bill to potentially provide lethal military aid to Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine: Truce results in 1st casualty-free day
SYDNEY (AP) ” Ukraine’s president said Friday that a fragile truce between his government’s troops and Russian-backed separatists in east Ukraine had resulted in the first day free of deaths or injuries for his soldiers since the… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine: Truce results in first casualty-free day
SYDNEY (AP) ” Ukraine’s president says a fragile truce between his government’s troops and Russian-backed separatists in east Ukraine has resulted in the seven-month-old conflict’s first day free of deaths or injuries for his soldiers.Ukrainian… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Football supporters stabbed during mass brawl in Kiev
St Etienne supporters were hurt in a mass brawl with Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk fans following the Ukrainian side’s 1-0 Europa League victory in Kiev on Thursday (today NZT), local media reported. …read more Source:...
All but four MH17 victims identified
Dutch authorities have identified two more victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash in Ukraine, with just four of the 298 dead still unidentified. …read more Source:...
