Section: The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)
US now sees Russia directing Ukraine’s rebels
WASHINGTON (AP) ” The United States now sees the Ukrainian rebels as a Russian force.American officials briefed on intelligence from the region say Russia has significantly deepened its command and control of the militants in eastern… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine says radiation levels not affected by Chernobyl fire
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukrainian authorities say there has been no change in background radiation levels in the capital as a result of fires in woodlands in the exclusion zone around the destroyed Chernobyl nuclear power plant.The… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Biden implores Ukraine to do more to fight corruption
WASHINGTON (AP) ” Vice President Joe Biden is imploring Ukraine’s leaders to investigate and prosecute corruption that is rampant throughout the government.Biden says in a video message to a global aid conference for Ukraine that… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Forest fire blazes in Chernobyl off-limits zone
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Fire has engulfed a large sector of woods in the exclusion zone around the destroyed Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Ukrainian prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says the fire is being brought under control.It… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine says rebels using rocket launchers
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukrainian military officials say separatist rebels in the east have resumed the use of rocket launchers that should have been withdrawn under a February peace deal.The army said in a statement Tuesday that rebels… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine’s rebels mete out rough justice in authority vacuum
KRASNYI PARTYZAN, Ukraine (AP) ” A bruised rebel fighter in battle fatigues is tied to a traffic pole, avoiding glances as a crude message hung about his neck flutters in the wind: “I am a marauder. I beat up and robbed my countrymen.”The… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine leader sees country ready for EU entrance in 5 years
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukraine’s president says his country will be able meet conditions to apply for European Union membership within five years.Speaking at an EU-Ukraine summit in Kiev, Petro Poroshenko said Ukraine deserves to… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Despite tensions, US, Russia vow cooperation in the Arctic
IQALUIT, Canada (AP) ” The U.S., Russia and other Arctic nations say they’re looking past Ukraine’s civil war and other tensions to prevent oil spills near the North Pole and combat climate change in a place warming faster than the… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Leading Ukraine politician says billionaire inciting unrest
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” A leading politician in Ukraine has accused the country’s richest man of inciting public unrest to ensure the government steers clear of reforms that would hurt his businesses.Mustafa Nayyem, a respected former… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Kazakhstan votes for continuity while keeping eye on Ukraine
ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) ” As oil-rich Kazakhstan votes for a president Sunday, the governing elite is pounding home a mantra of stability as fears percolate about the country’s massive Russian minority taking inspiration from the… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
