Section: The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)
4 killed when bus hit land mine in eastern Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukrainian officials say a bus accidentally hit a land mine in eastern Ukraine, killing 4 and wounding 11 people.The Ukrainian Interior Ministry’s branch for the Donetsk region said the explosion occurred Wednesday… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Pro-Ukraine demonstrators in Belarus assail Russian policy
MINSK, Belarus (AP) ” About 2,000 opposition activists have marched through the Belarusian capital to condemn Russia’s policy and express solidarity with Ukraine.The demonstrators carried a placard reading “Russia is War,” a reference… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US hands over armored military vehicles to Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” The United States has delivered 10 armored vehicles to Ukraine as part of a military support program intended to assist the fight against Russian-backed separatist forces in the country’s east.Ukrainian President… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian officials detained during government meeting
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukrainian police have detained the head of the state emergency service and his deputy on suspicion of fraud during a televised government meeting.The two officials were escorted out of Wednesday’s meeting in… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine’s president dismisses powerful regional governor
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko dismissed the billionaire governor of an eastern region Wednesday following a rancorous dispute pitting the tycoon against the government.Poroshenko’s office said in a statement… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US troops driving through Poland get warm welcome
BIALYSTOK, Poland (AP) ” Hundreds of residents have turned out in eastern Poland for a meeting with a convoy of U.S. troops that is driving through eastern Europe, a region concerned that the armed conflict in Ukraine threatens its… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
House passes resolution urging Obama to send arms to Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) ” The House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved a resolution urging President Barack Obama to send lethal weapons to Ukraine to protect its sovereignty in its fight against Russian-backed rebels.The resolution… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Clashes rage in Ukrainian town, making mockery of truce
SHYROKYNE, Ukraine (AP) ” To reach rear-guard government positions in the seaside town of Shyrokyne, Ukrainian soldiers gingerly wind their off-roaders through private gardens hugging a precipice along the Azov Sea.The truce announced… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US troops drive in eastern Europe to show defense readiness
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ” A U.S. army infantry convoy is driving through eastern Europe seeking to provide reassurance to a region concerned that the conflict between Russian-backed rebels and government forces in Ukraine threatens its… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Yanukovych’s younger son reported dead in accident in Russia
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” An associate of Ukraine’s deposed president says the former leader’s son has died in an accident in which a vehicle plunged through the ice on Lake Baikal in Russia.Nestor Shufrych, a deputy in Ukraine’s parliament,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
