Section: The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)
Lack of aid deepens suffering in conflict-hit east Ukraine
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) ” Valentina Dudareva’s voice cracks with despair as she stands in the snow, surveying the bombed-out windows of her apartment block in Donetsk, the separatist capital in eastern Ukraine.Cold, poor and hungry,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine parliament calls for freeing pilot held by Russia
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukraine’s parliament is calling on the leaders of Russia, Germany and France to make efforts to free Nadezhda Savchenko, a Ukrainian air force officer who is on hunger strike in a Russian prison.Savchenko, awaiting… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US, EU promise more aid for Ukraine if reforms continue
BRUSSELS (AP) ” The United States has reinforced Western assistance for Ukraine by promising up to $2 billion in loan guarantees if that effort is matched by economic and political reforms in Kiev.The U.S. State Department said… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Dozens with Polish roots evacuated from eastern Ukraine
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ” A group of Ukrainian citizens of Polish descent and their families have been evacuated from war-torn eastern Ukraine to Poland, with government aid.Polish Foreign Minister Grzegorz Schetyna was present when… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine: 10 civilians die in rebel shelling of checkpoint
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukrainian officials say 10 civilians have been killed and a further 13 wounded in rebel shelling of a military checkpoint in eastern Ukraine.The Donetsk regional administration answering to the central government… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian officials: 10 civilians die in rebel shelling of Ukrainian military checkpoint
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukrainian officials: 10 civilians die in rebel shelling of Ukrainian military checkpoint. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Interpol puts ex-Ukraine president Yanukovych on wanted list
MOSCOW (AP) ” The international police agency Interpol has issued a wanted notice for former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on charges of embezzlement.The so-called “red notice” issued Monday is not an arrest warrant, but… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Foreign ministers gather in Berlin to seek Ukraine progress
BERLIN (AP) ” Germany’s foreign minister is hosting his counterparts from Russia, Ukraine and France in an attempt to move forward efforts to calm the Ukrainian crisis and perhaps clear the way for a summit of the countries’ leaders.The… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Intense fighting in Ukraine traps miners, wrecks power station
Intense fighting has erupted around east Ukraine’s main rebel-held city, wrecking a power station and briefly trapping more than 300 coal miners in one of Europe’s largest pits.Repeated rounds of rocket and mortar fire echoed across… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Merkel urges Putin, Poroshenko to implement peace plan
BERLIN (AP) ” German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko she’s ready to take part in four-way summit over the Ukraine conflict only if there’s a chance of real… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
