Section: New Zealand
Russia warns of military assault on the east
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russia’s foreign policy chief on Wednesday claimed that Ukraine’s decision to freeze budget payments to the eastern rebel-held territories could be a precursor to a military onslaught.Ukrainian officials announced… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Top German diplomat meets with Putin on Ukraine
BERLIN (AP) ” Germany’s foreign minister met with Vladimir Putin in Moscow for talks on the Ukraine crisis after the Russian president invited him to the Kremlin at the last minute before he headed back to Berlin.The dpa news agency… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Plot against Dutch minister foiled – Ukraine
Ukrainian security services claim to have thwarted a plot against Dutch foreign minister Bert Koenders as he paid his respects to the victims of MH17. …read more Source:...
German bid to revive Ukraine peace plan
Germany’s foreign minister has jetted to Kiev and Moscow in a bid to revive a failing peace plan in east Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Germany’s minister shuttles between Moscow, Kiev
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Germany’s foreign minister is urging the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian separatists to respect the cease-fire agreement.The continuing military conflict in eastern Ukraine has killed more than 4,000 people… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Explosions shake Donetsk airport in Ukraine
Loud explosions and artillery fire rocked Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine on Monday (Tuesday NZT), despite attempts to negotiate an end to a battle that is undermining a ceasefire in regions held by separatists. …read more Source:...
Putin says sides not abiding peace deal in Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russia’s president says he believes peace in Ukraine is possible but that neither side is fully holding up a peace deal struck in September.In an interview with German television broadcast late Sunday, Putin said that… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Solution to Ukraine crisis possible: Putin
Russia President Vladimir Putin said in a German television interview he is convinced it should be possible to find a way to resolve the crisis in Ukraine but added he was concerned about the threat of ethnic cleansing. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
MH17 satellite photo dismissed as fake
A photo released by Russian state television claiming to show a Ukrainian fighter jet shooting down flight MH17 has been dismissed as fake by the US government and commentators. …read more Source:...
Ukraine ready for ‘total war’ – Poroshenko
Ukraine’s president has toughened his rhetoric after a week in which Kiev said several unmarked armoured convoys of troops crossed the Russian border to reinforce rebels. …read more Source:...
