Section: The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)
Russia agrees to allowing observers in Ukraine carry pistols
MOSCOW (AP) ” Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Russia is ready to agree to allowing additional international observers in warring eastern Ukraine to be armed with pistols.The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
UN cites rights violations on both sides of Ukraine conflict
GENEVA (AP) ” A new U.N. report points to persistent patterns of human rights violations both in areas controlled by pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine and territories run by the Kiev government.The office of the U.N. High Commissioner… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Criminal probe into downing of plane over Ukraine nears end
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) ” The international team carrying out a criminal investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine nearly two years ago says it will reveal details of the weapon used and the exact… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian president condemns leak of journalist data
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has condemned the leak of the names and contact information for thousands of journalists who have reported from rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine.The May publication by hackers… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine says IS sympathizers tried to get to Europe
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukraine’s security service says it has uncovered a plot to smuggle Islamic State sympathizers to Western Europe.The SBU said in a statement Wednesday that it has sent an undercover agent posing as an IS sympathizer… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine’s own Joan of Arc
He probably didn’t know it at the time, but Russia President Vladimir Putin may have unleashed his own worst nightmare.Former helicopter pilot Nadia Savchenko, 35, was released by Russia last week in a prisoner swap after serving… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Freed pilot Savchenko sworn in as Ukrainian lawmaker
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who spent two years in Russian custody before she was released last week, has been sworn in as a lawmaker in the national parliament.Savchenko was elected as a lawmaker in 2014 while… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
EU leader Juncker to visit Russia in sign of diplomatic thaw
MOSCOW (AP) ” A spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin says the European Commission’s president is coming to Russia next month in what would be the most high-profile EU visit since Russia annexed Crimea two years ago.Dmitry… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Fire at Ukrainian home for the elderly kills 17, injures 5
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukraine’s emergency services say a pre-dawn fire has swept through a private home for the elderly, killing 17 people and injuring five others.No cause has yet been determined for the fire that broke out Sunday at the… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
At least 16 dead in Ukraine fire
At least 16 people died when a makeshift home for elderly people outside the Ukrainian capital Kiev caught fire in the early hours of Sunday, the emergencies ministry said.”The bodies of 16 people have been found at the site of… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
