Section: The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)
Putin threatens Ukraine with gas cutoff
MOSCOW (AP) ” President Vladimir Putin has warned that Russia will cut gas supplies to Ukraine if it fails to pay in advance for future deliveries.Putin said Wednesday that Ukraine’s latest payment would only be good for another… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russian court refuses to release Ukrainian prisoner
MOSCOW (AP) ” A Russian court has refused to release a Ukrainian prisoner whose fate has attracted global attention.Moscow’s City Court turned down an appeal by Nadezhda Savchenko’s lawyers, ruling Wednesday she should remain behind… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian military: attacks down, but not yet a cease-fire
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukraine’s military says rebel violations of a cease-fire in the country’s east are persisting, but have fallen off in recent days.Military spokesman Lt. Col. Anatoliy Stelmakh told a briefing Wednesday that… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Report: Cluster bombs have been used in Ukraine conflict
MOSCOW (AP) ” Illegal weapons such as cluster bombs have been used in the Ukraine conflict, Amnesty International said Wednesday while also criticizing both sides in the fighting for the high number of civilian deaths.”Taking into… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US troops heading to Ukraine to give medical training
WASHINGTON (AP) ” A U.S. military official says the Pentagon will be deploying a small number of troops to Ukraine to provide medical training to forces there who have been battling Russian-backed separatists.Between five and 10… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Kerry: Russia has lied about its activities in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) ” Secretary of State John Kerry says Russia has lied “to my face and the face of others on many different occasions” about its activities in Ukraine.Kerry told a U.S. Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Tuesday… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
AP PHOTOS: Top pictures from Europe and Africa
LONDON (AP) ” Scattered attacks in eastern Ukraine threatened a peace deal brokered by France and Germany that called on government forces and pro-Russia rebels to pull back heavy weapons.Ukrainians marked the anniversary of President… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Lithuania restores compulsory military service
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) ” Lithuania has decided to restore compulsory military service for young men as tensions in Ukraine continue to worry the small Baltic nation.After a meeting of military leaders and top government officials,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian president signs memorandum to cooperate with UAE
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ” Ukraine’s president says his country has signed an agreement to cooperate with the United Arab Emirates on military and technical issues as he licked off a visit to the Western-allied Gulf nation.Petro… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
4-way talks on Ukraine underway in Paris
PARIS (AP) ” Talks about a fragile peace deal for Ukraine are under way in Paris between the foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France.The meeting at the French Foreign Ministry comes amid scattered violence and uncertainty… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
