Section: The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)
Ukrainian pilot on trial pledges to keep up hunger strike
MOSCOW (AP) ” A Ukrainian pilot on trial in Russia says she will remain on hunger strike until she is extradited back home.Nadezhda Savchenko was fighting with a Ukrainian volunteer battalion against Russia-backed rebels in eastern… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Whiz kid was really 23-year-old Ukrainian, officials say
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) ” The arrest of a Pennsylvania high school student on identity theft and sexual assault charges is drawing astonished reactions from people who knew the boyish looking 23-year-old through his stellar academic… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
France calls for prisoner exchange in Ukraine conflict
PARIS (AP) ” France’s foreign minister is calling for an April 30 deadline for a prisoner exchange in the Ukraine conflict and local elections by mid-year in the Donbas region.After a meeting with his Russian, Ukrainian and German… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian pilot on trial in Russia goes on hunger strike
DONETSK, Russia (AP) ” A Ukrainian pilot on trial in Russia says she is going on hunger strike.Nadezhda Savchenko, on trial in the Russian border town of Donetsk for her alleged involvement in the deaths of two Russian journalists,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine accuses rebels of using large-caliber weapon Grad
MOSCOW (AP) ” The Ukrainian government has accused Russian-backed rebels of using large-caliber weapons despite the ongoing cease-fire in eastern Ukraine.Fighting in Ukraine’s industrial heartland has intensified in the past weeks… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian pilot resigned to sentence in Russia
DONETSK, Russia (AP) ” Lawyers for a Ukrainian pilot on trial in Russia as an accessory to murder say they expect her to be found guilty and that she has asked the court to follow the sentence sought by prosecutors.Nadezhda Savchenko… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Imprisoned Ukrainian pilot threatens to go on hunger strike
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” The sister of an imprisoned Ukrainian pilot on trial in Russia says her sibling will go on hunger strike unless she is extradited back home after the verdict.Closing arguments in the trial of Ukrainian pilot… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia and Ukraine urged to live up to 2015 peace agreement
UNITED NATIONS (AP) ” The European security organization is expressing deep concern at continuing cease-fire violations in eastern Ukraine and is urging the Russian and Ukrainian governments to live up to their commitments in the… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US: Sophisticated attackers hacked Ukrainian electric grid
WASHINGTON (AP) ” A U.S. investigation found that a December hack on the Ukrainian power grid was coordinated and highly sophisticated.The report released Thursday offers a detailed look at one of the first cyberattacks to succeed… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US finds sophisticated actors hacked Ukrainian electric grid
WASHINGTON (AP) ” A U.S. investigation found that a December hack on the Ukrainian power grid was coordinated and highly sophisticated.The report released Thursday offers a detailed look at one of the first cyberattacks to succeed… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
