Section: The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)
Crimean filmmaker pleads not guilty in terrorism trial
MOSCOW (AP) ” A Ukrainian filmmaker who has been in jail for more than a year has pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit terrorism.Critics have dismissed Oleg Sentsov’s prosecution as revenge for his pro-Ukrainian… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia’s UN draft on MH17 crash doesn’t call for tribunal
UNITED NATIONS (AP) ” Russia has circulated a U.N. resolution demanding that those responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine last year be brought to justice ” but eliminating the international tribunal that… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Lithuania removes remaining Soviet-era statues in capital
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) ” Workers in Lithuania have begun dismantling the last Soviet statues in the capital, following calls prompted by the Ukraine crisis that symbols of Soviet occupation be removed.The statues, which depict… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russian ex-PM’s daughter under fire for leaving for Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” The daughter of a former Russian prime minister is under fire from both Russia and Ukraine for accepting the job of a deputy governor in a Ukrainian region.Maria Gaidar’s appointment as deputy governor of Odessa,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
800 troops from US, Europe take part in Moldova exercises
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) ” Some 800 troops from Moldova, the U.S., Romania, Poland and Georgia are taking part in joint military exercises in Moldova, a former Soviet republic that borders Ukraine.The “Joint Effort 2015″exercises… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine rebels say their small weapons pullback is beginning
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukraine’s separatist rebels say they have begun pulling back military vehicles with small-caliber weapons from most of the front line in their war with Ukrainian forces.The claims Sunday by the Russia-backed rebels… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine rebels: Ready to pull back tanks, smaller weapons
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukraine’s Russia-backed separatist rebels say they are ready to pull back smaller-caliber weapons from much of the front line in eastern Ukraine.Under a February armistice, both the rebels and the Ukrainian forces… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine calls local elections but not in rebel-held east
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” The Ukrainian parliament has voted to call a local election across the country in October, but not in the rebel-occupied east.The Kiev government has had no control over parts of eastern Ukraine since separatist… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian village marks anniversary of Malaysian plane crash
HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) ” Residents of the Ukrainian village where a Malaysian airliner was shot down with 298 people aboard are marking the disaster’s anniversary.Villagers carrying flowers gathered in the church in the center of… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
MH17 a year on: We still don’t know who fired the missile
A year since a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 was blown out of the sky over war-ravaged eastern Ukraine – killing 298 people – there has been little official word of progress in determining what brought down Flight MH17. One of the… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
