Section: The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)
Putin: Extremist groups could threaten Russia
MOSCOW (AP) ” President Vladimir Putin is warning that extremist groups being manipulated from abroad could try to destabilize Russia, a statement that comes amid tensions with the West over Ukraine.While Putin didn’t name any specific… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine, Poland, Moldova meet to talk about Russia
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) ” The leaders of Ukraine, Poland and Moldova have met over concerns about Russian influence in separatist eastern Ukraine and fears that Russia may seek to meddle in Moldova’s general election.The three countries’… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
UN says killings, displacement rise in Ukraine
GENEVA (AP) ” United Nations human rights investigators say the number of killings and people displaced by fighting in Ukraine continues to rise despite the Sept. 5 announcement of a cease-fire.A new report by the U.N. monitoring… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Obama aide: US should look at Ukraine military aid
WASHINGTON (AP) ” A senior aide of President Barack Obama says he believes the U.S. should consider giving Ukraine lethal, defensive military assistance to get Russia to think twice about its destabilizing behavior.Tony Blinken,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia warns of military assault on the east
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russia’s foreign policy chief on Wednesday claimed that Ukraine’s decision to freeze budget payments to the eastern rebel-held territories could be a precursor to a military onslaught.Ukrainian officials announced… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Top German diplomat meets with Putin on Ukraine
BERLIN (AP) ” Germany’s foreign minister met with Vladimir Putin in Moscow for talks on the Ukraine crisis after the Russian president invited him to the Kremlin at the last minute before he headed back to Berlin.The dpa news agency… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Germany’s minister shuttles between Moscow, Kiev
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Germany’s foreign minister is urging the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian separatists to respect the cease-fire agreement.The continuing military conflict in eastern Ukraine has killed more than 4,000 people… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Putin says sides not abiding peace deal in Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russia’s president says he believes peace in Ukraine is possible but that neither side is fully holding up a peace deal struck in September.In an interview with German television broadcast late Sunday, Putin said that… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Tusk: European Council meeting to discuss Ukraine
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ” The European Council’s president-elect says the Ukraine conflict will be discussed at a meeting next month, referring to it as a war.Donald Tusk, who starts his new job on Dec. 1, says Ukraine will be a top… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Plane-downing pic dismissed as a fake
Russian state television has released a satellite photograph it claims shows that a Ukrainian fighter jet shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.But the US Government dismissed the report and online commentators called the photo… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
