Section: The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)
Kremlin spokesman: Russia wants to free 2 held in Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman says Moscow is making efforts toward the release of two Russians held in Ukraine, but has declined comment on claims that they are soldiers.In video published Friday by… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Endangered antelope dying off in vast numbers in Kazakhstan
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Authorities in Kazakhstan says around one-third of the endangered saiga antelope population in this Central Asian nation has mysteriously died off in the last few days.Kazakhstan’s agriculture ministry said… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Amnesty says torture of Ukraine war prisoners is rife
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Amnesty International says both warring sides in eastern Ukraine are almost daily perpetrating war crimes, including torture and summary killings of prisoners.In a new report, the rights group said Friday it… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
EU, Ukraine sign $2 billion loan deal at Eastern summit
RIGA, Latvia (AP) ” The European Union and Ukraine have signed a 1.8 billion euro ($2 billion) loan deal in an effort to help revive the cash-strapped country’s economy.EU and Ukrainian officials signed the agreement Friday at a… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian officer hit with 3rd charge in Russia
MOSCOW (AP) ” A third charge has been filed against a Ukrainian military officer who has been behind bars in Moscow for nearly a year over the deaths of two Russian journalists in Ukraine.Nadezhda Savchenko, who worked as a spotter… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine lawmakers suspend military cooperation with Russia
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukraine’s parliament has voted to suspend military cooperation with Russia in a long-anticipated move signaling a further break in relations between the once-close partners.The five cooperation agreements scrapped… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine open to hosting missile defense system
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” A senior Ukrainian security official says his country is open to placing a ballistic missile-defense system in Ukraine to ward off the potential risk of attacks from Russia.Oleksandr Turchynov, the head of Ukraine’s… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russian captured in eastern Ukraine says he is fine
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Representatives of Amnesty International and the OSCE have visited the two captured fighters whom Ukraine claims are Russian soldiers in a Kiev hospital.Russia denies that the men, who were wounded and captured… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Economic toll of conflict builds up for Ukraine
There seems to be no bottom for Ukraine’s economy.The extent of the damage caused by the conflict in the country’s east was highlighted in a report showing the economy had shrunk by almost a fifth since the violence began last year.Other… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Crimean police detain Tatars commemorating mass deportation
MOSCOW (AP) ” Police in the capital of Russia-annexed Crimea have detained demonstrators trying to take part in an unauthorized motorcade to observe the anniversary of the mass deportation of Crimean Tatars.Tatars, a Turkic ethnic… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
