Section: New Zealand
Ukrainian president pardons Russian in prisoner exchange
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” President Petro Poroshenko has pardoned a Russian citizen arrested in eastern Ukraine and exchanged him for a Ukrainian serviceman held by Russian-backed separatists.Poroshenko announced the exchange on his… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine president defends his country’s pact with EU
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) ” Ukraine’s president has strongly defended a pact his country signed with the European Union, calling it “the last farewell to the Soviet Union, the last farewell to Communism.”Petro Poroshenko’s comments… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia halting gas supplies to Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” The chief executive of the Russian state-controlled gas company says it is halting supplies to Ukraine.Gazprom’s CEO Alexei Miller said on Wednesday that Russia sent the last shipment to Ukraine at 10 a.m. local time… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia’s Gazprom says it’s halting gas supplies to Ukraine Wednesday morning
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russia’s Gazprom says it’s halting gas supplies to Ukraine Wednesday morning. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Experts study evidence in criminal probe into MH17 downing
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) ” International experts are meeting in the Netherlands to examine evidence in the criminal investigation into the downing last year of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine.Dutch prosecutors… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia threatens gas cut off to Ukraine over debts
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak says Russia will cut off gas supply to Ukraine “today or tomorrow” over unpaid deliveries.Russia resumed gas supplied to Ukraine less than two months ago after the two countries… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
EU said to be set to extend Russian sanctions for six months
European Union countries will probably extend Ukraine-related economic sanctions against Russia for another six months at the end of January despite improved co-operation in Syria, three European diplomats said. …read more Source:...
Ukraine announces halt in delivery of goods to Crimea
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukraine’s government has ordered a halt to all delivery of goods to Crimea, the peninsula annexed by Russia last year.A statement by Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Monday described the halt as temporary, but added… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Explosions at Ukrainian towers leave Crimea without power
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russia’s Energy Ministry says nearly 2 million people on the Crimean Peninsula are without electricity after two transmission towers in Ukraine were damaged by explosions.Crimea was annexed by Russia last year but… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Crimea without power after lines ‘blown up’
Crimea has been plunged into darkness after pylons carrying power lines which supply electricity from Ukraine were reportedly blown up on Saturday night. …read more Source: Radio New...
