Section: The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)
Ukraine warns of worsening security situation
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukraine says the security situation in rebel-held areas in the east has steadily worsened as separatist fighters move closer to demarcation lines separating them from government forces.A cease-fire agreed on… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
More MH17 remains recovered, but salvage on hold
Dutch forensic experts have recovered further human remains at the crash site of downed flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine, but say they could not yet start salvaging the wreckage.”A small team has recovered body parts at the site after… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
NATO says Russian troops are in Ukraine
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) ” NATO’s top commander says new columns of Russian troops and tanks have rolled into eastern Ukraine, the claim promptly denied by Moscow.U.S. Gen. Philip Breedlove said Wednesday that in the last two days “we… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
UN Security Council has urgent meeting on Ukraine
UNITED NATIONS (AP) ” The U.N. Security Council is preparing to hold an emergency session on Ukraine amid worries about a renewal of full-scale conflict in the rebel-held east.Officials with the Organization for Security and Cooperation… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russian bomber patrols to reach Gulf of Mexico
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russia’s long-range bombers will range from the Arctic Ocean to the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico on regular patrol missions, the military said Wednesday, a show of muscle reflecting tensions with the West over Ukraine.A… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Report: Russia-West military encounters rising
LONDON (AP) A London-based think tank says Russian forces have been involved in dozens of close encounters with Western militaries since Moscow annexed Crimea and that both sides risk losing control over events.A study by the… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Heavy shelling shakes Ukraine’s main city in east
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) The heaviest shelling in recent weeks has shaken the main city in Ukraine’s rebel-held east, heightening worry about the renewal of full-scale conflict despite a cease-fire signed two months ago between Ukraine… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
MH17 victims’ remains flown to Netherlands
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (AP) Nearly four months after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 plunged out of the sky over eastern Ukraine, recently discovered remains of some of those on board have been flown back to the Netherlands.The remains,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russian tanks roll in, claims Ukraine
Ukraine has accused Russia of sending dozens of tanks and other heavy weapons into rebel-controlled eastern regions and said five servicemen were killed in clashes with the rebels.Ukraine National Security and Defence Council spokesman… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine rebels seen moving large military convoys
SNIZHNE, Ukraine (AP) Associated Press reporters have seen more than 80 unmarked military vehicles on the move in rebel-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine, indicating that intensified hostilities may lie ahead.Three separate columns… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
