Section: Stuff.co.nz (New Zealand)
Ukraine has right to defend itself against Russia – Biden
US Vice-President Joe Biden said on Saturday that Washington wanted a peaceful solution to the conflict in Ukraine but added that Kiev had a right to defend itself against Russia and that the United States would provide it with the means to do so. …read more Source:...
Expectations low for Merkel, Hollande’s Ukraine talks with Putin
The leaders of France and Germany flew to Moscow on Friday (Saturday NZT) in a last-ditch effort to negotiate a peace deal for Ukraine, but expectations of a breakthrough were low after gains on the battlefield by pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source:...
German and French leaders will take a secret Ukraine peace plan to Moscow
The leaders of Germany and France announced a new peace plan for Ukraine on Thursday (Friday NZT), flying to Kiev with a new proposal they would then take on to Moscow. …read more Source:...
Russia to free woman accused of treason over Ukraine
Russian authorities have agreed to the conditional release of a local activist accused of high treason in phoning the Ukrainian embassy in Moscow to warn that Russian soldiers might be heading to eastern Ukraine, her lawyer said on Tuesday (Wednesday NZT). …read more Source:...
US takes a ‘fresh look’ at weapons for Ukraine: officials
The United States is reconsidering whether to provide weapons to Ukraine in its fight against Russian-backed separatists, senior administration officials said on Monday, US time, but that no decision had been made. …read more Source:...
Calls for mandatory airspace monitoring in conflict zones
Malaysia, which suffered two commercial air disasters last year after one jet disappeared and another was shot down over Ukraine, has called on the United Nations must make reporting of risks to airlines over conflict zones mandatory. …read more Source:...
Deadly clashes raging in Ukraine after peace talks fail
Fighting raged on in eastern Ukraine as pro-Russian separatists used artillery fire to try to dislodge government forces from a strategic rail hub after peace talks collapsed. …read more Source:...
‘Like the last judgment’ in Donetsk
With the conflict in eastern Ukraine laying waste to its cities and infrastructure, residents of war-torn Donetsk are being forced to live with the bare minimum. …read more Source:...
On Ukraine battlefield, one act of mercy becomes an internet sensation
The phone connection from my living room in Berlin to the battlefield in eastern Ukraine couldn’t have been better. First Lieutenant Alexei Chaban of the Ukrainian 17th Tank Brigade came in loud and clear, the sound of gunfire in the distance. “There’s some shelling going on,” he said. “If the line cuts out,...
NATO blames Russia for Ukraine violence
NATO has blamed Russian-backed separatists for a sharp escalation of violence in eastern Ukraine and has called on Moscow to stop destabilising Ukraine. …read more Source:...
