Section: New Zealand
Cargo plane crashes into Bay of Bengal, three Ukrainians killed
A cargo plane crashed into Bay of Bengal, off the coast of Bangladesh, on Wednesday (Thursday NZ Time), killing three crew including the pilot and leaving one survivor, a police official said. …read more Source:...
Russian judge sets date for Ukrainian pilot verdict
DONETSK, Russia (AP) ” A Russian judge has set a date of March 21-22 for issuing the verdict in the case against jailed Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, who is accused of involvement in the deaths of two Russian journalists in… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Peters: Farmers should sell milk to Russia
The NZ First leader has criticised Prime Minister John Key in Parliament for the Government’s support for sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian protesters demand that Russia release Savchenko
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” A few hundred people have marched from Ukraine’s Defense Ministry to the Russian Embassy in Kiev to demand that Russia release Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko.Among those taking part in Tuesday’s demonstration… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Dutch investigation to pinpoint MH17 missile site by summer
BUNNIK, Netherlands (AP) ” The Dutch-led team carrying out a criminal investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine in July 2014 says it soon should determine the exact launch site of the missile… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainians rally to demand Russia release Savchenko
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” About 2,000 people have rallied on Independence Square in Kiev to demand that Russia release Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko.Savchenko was captured in June 2014 while fighting with a Ukrainian volunteer battalion… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US whiz kid turned out to be a 23-year-old Ukrainian man
Honour student Asher Potts was well into his senior year in a Pennsylvania high school when police got a tip that the earnest teenager who had greatly impressed community leaders for nearly four years was not the person he claimed to be. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian pilot on trial pledges to keep up hunger strike
MOSCOW (AP) ” A Ukrainian pilot on trial in Russia says she will remain on hunger strike until she is extradited back home.Nadezhda Savchenko was fighting with a Ukrainian volunteer battalion against Russia-backed rebels in eastern… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Whiz kid was really 23-year-old Ukrainian, officials say
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) ” The arrest of a Pennsylvania high school student on identity theft and sexual assault charges is drawing astonished reactions from people who knew the boyish looking 23-year-old through his stellar academic… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
France calls for prisoner exchange in Ukraine conflict
PARIS (AP) ” France’s foreign minister is calling for an April 30 deadline for a prisoner exchange in the Ukraine conflict and local elections by mid-year in the Donbas region.After a meeting with his Russian, Ukrainian and German… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
