Section: The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)
Poland’s Sikorski says Putin has ‘lost Ukraine’
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ” Poland’s Parliament speaker says that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s support of separatists in eastern Ukraine has backfired on him by stoking greater Ukrainian nationalism elsewhere in the country.Radek… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine rebels claim weapons pullback begins
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine say they have begun a large-scale pullback of heavy weapons in line with an international peace plan that aims to form a wide buffer zone between separatists’ and Ukrainian… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
OSCE says Ukraine cease-fire has lowered military exchanges
UNITED NATIONS (AP) ” The head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe says the cease-fire in Ukraine has “very significantly” lowered the level of military exchanges between government and separatist forces, but… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Suffering Ukrainian currency takes another fall
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukraine’s economy, which has been badly hit by more than a year of crisis, has suffered another blow with a sharp drop in the national currency, the hryvnia.On Monday, the hryvnia was trading about 9 percent… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russians blamed for fatal attack at peace march
Ukraine accused Russia of sponsoring a terrorist attack on a peace march in the city of Kharkiv that left two dead and at least 10 wounded.In the deadliest blast of a bombing campaign by pro-Russian separatists, an explosive device… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine: rebel attacks prevent weapons pullback
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” A Ukrainian military spokesman says continuing attacks from rebels are delaying Ukrainian forces’ pullback of heavy weapons from the front line in the country’s east.Under a peace agreement reached on Feb. 12,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine claims 12 cease-fire violations overnight
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukrainian officials say Russia-backed separatists violated a troubled cease-fire a dozen times during the night with artillery and rocket attacks and an attempt to storm a Ukrainian encampment.Explosions were… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Pope, Merkel discuss Ukraine and fight against poverty
VATICAN CITY (AP) ” Pope Francis and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have discussed the conflict in Ukraine and the fight against poverty during a private audience, the second between the two.The Vatican described the 40-minute… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Thousands gather in Moscow to protest ‘fascist coup’ in Kiev
MOSCOW (AP) ” Thousands of protesters have gathered in downtown Moscow to demonstrate against what they describe as a “fascist coup” one year ago in neighboring Ukraine.The demonstrators gathered near Red Square on Saturday to protest… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US, Britain discussing new Russia sanctions over Ukraine
LONDON (AP) ” The United States and Britain are discussing new sanctions against Russia as Ukraine’s week-old cease-fire proves ineffective.U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says Moscow is being “extraordinarily craven” for supporting… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
