Section: New Zealand
Suspension of Turkey flights costs Russian airports heavily
MOSCOW (AP) ” A top official at Russia’s busiest airport says the halt or reduction of flights to Turkey, Ukraine and Egypt over the past three months has cost the country’s airports six billion rubles ($77 million).Denis Nuzhdin,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US intelligence chief warns on Russian moves
WASHINGTON (AP) ” Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper is telling the Senate Armed Services Committee that Russia’s aggressive military intervention in Ukraine and other moves could put Moscow and the U.S. “into another… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia helps Ukraine battle town rebuild, villages struggle
NIKISHYNE, Ukraine (AP) ” Polina Demyanenko’s quaint white-and-green house still bears the scars of one of the fiercest battles of Ukraine’s war. The roof is gone, the windows broken and the walls shredded by shrapnel.”Everything… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian minister hopes resignation will speed up reforms
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” The Ukrainian economy minister whose resignation plunged the country into yet another political crisis says he hopes the scandal will help create momentum for economic reforms.Aivaras Abromavicius resigned on… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Fighting flares up in eastern Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” The Ukrainian government has accused Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine of violating the shaky truce with large-caliber weapons.The military conflict between government forces and separatist rebels in Ukraine’s… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian border guards stop cigarette-smuggling horses
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukrainian officials say they have intercepted a small herd of horses attempting to bring thousands of euros worth of contraband cigarettes across the border from Ukraine to Romania.The country’s border guard… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Germany’s Merkel presses Putin on Ukraine separatists
BERLIN (AP) ” The German government says Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged President Vladimir Putin to use Russia’s influence with separatists in eastern Ukraine to help secure progress toward a political solution.Merkel’s office… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
AP Exclusive: Putin aide: Kiev refuses to honor Minsk deal
MOSCOW (AP) ” Kiev has failed to meet its obligations under the Minsk peace accord and has instead introduced an economic blockade of eastern Ukraine, Russia’s security chief says.Patrushev ” a longtime associate of President Vladimir… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russian FM: West must persuade Ukraine to honor peace deal
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russia’s foreign minister says the extension of Western sanctions against Russia has been interpreted by Ukraine as a permission to drag its feet on fulfilling its end of a peace deal.Lavrov said Tuesday that Ukraine… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Polish, Lithuanian and Ukrainian brigade to be ready in 2017
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ” Poland’s defense minister says that a new brigade consisting of Polish, Lithuanian and Ukrainian troops should be fully operational in the region by 2017.Antoni Macierewicz spoke Monday in the eastern city… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
