Section: New Zealand
Russian Orthodox church calls on UN for help in Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian Orthodox Church has called on the United Nations, the leaders of Germany and France, the pope and other spiritual leaders to protect believers in Ukraine in the face of official pressure on Moscow-appointed… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
EU leaders agree to prolong Russia sanctions over Ukraine
BRUSSELS (AP) — A top European Union official says EU leaders have agreed to prolong economic sanctions against Russia over its destabilization of Ukraine.The measures targeting Russia’s economy were due to expire next month, but… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
EU slaps sanctions on breakaway Ukraine officials
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is slapping sanctions on nine more people over “illegal” elections in eastern Ukraine last month, while it weighs how to help Kiev in its Black Sea standoff with Russia.EU foreign ministers on… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine accuses Russia of blockading Kerch Strait
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Ukraine is accusing Russia of keeping up the blockade of the Kerch Strait that links the Black Sea with the Sea of Azov.The Ukrainian Border Guard Service said Friday that more than 140 ships were stuck on… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Pentagon reveals US observation flight over Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says a U.S. Air Force plane flew a special observation flight over Ukraine in a show of solidarity after Ukraine’s naval confrontation with Russia.In a statement, the Pentagon called it an “extraordinary”… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine foreign minister demands sailors’ release by Russia
MILAN (AP) — Ukraine’s foreign minister is demanding the release and safe return of 24 Ukrainian sailors captured by Russian military forces in the Black Sea.Pavlo Klimkin told the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Putin says he won’t take Ukrainian leader’s calls
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has acknowledged that he is not taking calls from the Ukrainian leader.The long-simmering conflict between Russia and Ukraine burst into open on Nov. 25 when the Russian coast guard… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Key Ukrainian church gathering slated for next week
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says local Orthodox communities will gather for a summit next week that is expected to form a new, independent Ukrainian church.The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian authorities: We thwarted ‘massive’ cyberattack
MINSK, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities say they’ve thwarted a huge cyberattack and are blaming Russia for the alleged digital assault as tensions between the two countries have flared.The Security Service of Ukraine said in… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
NATO toils to keep Russia out of Ukraine, in missile treaty
BRUSSELS (AP) — Russia takes center-stage at NATO Tuesday as allied foreign ministers meet to debate ways to dissuade Moscow from destabilizing Ukraine and encourage it to respect a landmark Cold-war era nuclear treaty.U.S. Secretary… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
