Section: The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)
Ukraine: cutting graft top priority to reach new bailout
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) ” Ukraine’s head of reforms says that tackling corruption is the country’s top priority as it tries to convince its international rescue creditors to give it more loans.The economy and public finances of… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
10 reported killed in rocket fire on Mariupol in Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukrainian officials say the strategically important coastal city of Mariupol has come under rocket fire, and one says 10 people were killed.Mariupol lies on the Azov Sea and is the major city between mainland… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Pro-Russian rebels reject peace deal, launch new offensive against Ukrainian govt troops
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) ” Pro-Russian rebels reject peace deal, launch new offensive against Ukrainian govt troops. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
UN human rights agency says death toll in Ukraine conflict exceeds 5,000
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” UN human rights agency says death toll in Ukraine conflict exceeds 5,000. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine rebels say 24 fighters killed by rockets at airport
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) ” Russian-backed separatists in east Ukraine say 24 of their fighters have been killed in a rocket attack on the recently captured airport outside their main stronghold city of Donetsk.Rebel defense spokesman… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Georgians in Ukraine fight shadow war
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) ” The return of a Georgian fighter’s body to his homeland from Ukraine on Thursday was a grim reminder of how eastern Ukraine’s conflict carries traces of a war of a quarter-century ago.About 100 Georgian volunteers… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia accuses Poles of ‘mockery of history’ over Auschwitz
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ” Russia has accused Poland of engaging in a “mockery of history” after the Polish foreign minister credited Ukrainian soldiers, rather than the Soviet Red Army, with liberating Auschwitz 70 years ago.The exchange… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
NATO detects key Russian military equipment in east Ukraine
BRUSSELS (AP) ” NATO’s top commander in Europe says the alliance has detected the presence of key Russian military equipment in eastern Ukraine that, in the past, has accompanied large inflows of Russian troops.Gen. Philip Breedlove… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian forces almost defeated at Donetsk airport
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukrainian forces have all but abandoned Donetsk airport after months of bitter battle, although military officials continue to insist they hold part of the terminal.The Defense Ministry said Thursday that… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
German foreign minister says Russia, Ukraine agree on procedure for pulling back heavy weapons
BERLIN (AP) ” German foreign minister says Russia, Ukraine agree on procedure for pulling back heavy weapons. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
