Section: The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)
Jailed Ukrainian filmmaker ‘staying’ in Russia
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukraine says Russia is refusing to hand over jailed Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit terror attacks by a Russian military court in 2015 and sentenced to 20 years in prison.Ukraine’s… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia agrees to armed OSCE monitors in Ukraine’s east
MOSCOW (AP) ” The Kremlin says President Vladimir Putin has welcomed the deployment of armed OSCE observers in eastern Ukraine.Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov spoke after the Russian leader attended the four-way talks in Berlin… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
The Latest: Ukraine says agreement reached on police mission
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukraine’s president says an agreement has been reached at a summit with the leaders of Russia, France and Germany on deploying an armed police mission in separatist eastern Ukraine.Petro Poroshenko’s comments were… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Thousands attend warlord’s funeral in Ukraine’s rebel east
MOSCOW (AP) ” Thousands have turned out for the funeral of a senior commander of pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine, who was killed in a bomb blast.Arsen Pavlov, 33, known under his nom de guerre Motorola, was killed Sunday… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Germany hosts Ukraine summit, also expected to discuss Syria
BERLIN (AP) ” The leaders of Germany, Russia, Ukraine and France will hold a summit in Berlin for talks on the stagnant peace process in eastern Ukraine ” a meeting that also is expected to touch on Syria’s civil war.Prospects of… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
German, Russian, Ukrainian, French leaders to meet in Berlin
BERLIN (AP) ” Chancellor Angela Merkel’s office says she will host a meeting with the Russian, Ukrainian and French presidents on Wednesday to discuss efforts toward peace in eastern Ukraine.A German government statement Tuesday… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Merkel’s office: German, French, Russian, Ukrainian leaders to meet in Berlin Wednesday evening
BERLIN (AP) ” Merkel’s office: German, French, Russian, Ukrainian leaders to meet in Berlin Wednesday evening. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Notorious warlord killed in bombing in eastern Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” Separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine say a notorious warlord has been killed in a bombing in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk.The separatist Donetsk News Agency said on Sunday that Arsen Pavlov, also known as Motorola,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Merkel: 4-way Ukraine talks next week still an option
BERLIN (AP) ” German Chancellor Angela Merkel remains open to holding top-level talks with Ukraine, Russia and France on the conflict in eastern Ukraine next week.Senior officials from the four countries were in the Belarus capital… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
NYC exhibition features Ukrainian and Romanian textiles
NEW YORK (AP) ” A Manhattan exhibition features rich textiles with intricate embroidery designs from the Carpathian Mountains of Ukraine and Romania. “Carpathian Echoes” at the Ukrainian Museum looks at the home… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
