Section: The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)
Ukrainian soldiers accused of murdering civilians
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Prosecutors in Ukraine says a pair of government soldiers has been detained on suspicion of killing two women that allegedly sympathized with armed separatists in the east.The Donetsk region prosecutor’s office… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian banker wanted by Kiev arrested in Germany
BERLIN (AP) ” German authorities say they have arrested a Ukrainian banker wanted on an international arrest warrant alleging financial crimes in his native country.Brandenburg state prosecutor Juergen Suelldorf, who is handling… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Progress in Ukraine talks reported, but no breakthrough
MINSK, Belarus (AP) ” Negotiators say progress has been made at the latest round of talks on resolving the Ukraine conflict but there has been no breakthrough.The so-called Contact Group of representatives from Russia, Ukraine and… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
In east Ukraine psychiatric ward, war deepens mental wounds
HORLIVKA, Ukraine (AP) ” Whenever the bombs fell, the men and women in the psychiatric ward would huddle in terror around fellow patient Valentina Izotova, a stout, maternal-looking woman, and she would read to them from her favorite… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine’s artillery duels again take toll on civilians
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) ” Crackling forth over radio, the voice ordered tanks to take position in a residential area in Donetsk, the stronghold of separatist rebels in east Ukraine.The rebel armored vehicles trundled to their destination… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine says 6 servicemen killed in fighting
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukraine’s military says six of its servicemen have been killed and another 14 wounded in fighting over the past day, one of the highest casualty tolls reported in a single day since an often-violated cease-fire was called… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Caught in the middle: War in Ukraine creates no man’s lands
KATERYNIVKA, Ukraine (AP) ” A single crack of an automatic rifle shattered the tomb-like silence of this no-man’s-land village in east Ukraine. The gunshot, fired in error by a jumpy soldier, sent government border guard troops on… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Report: Ukraine renews license for under-fire TV station
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukraine’s government broadcasting authority has extended the operating licensing for a popular television station that has been accused of a pro-Russia stance.The broadcasting authority said in a statement that… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Educated Ukrainians flee east Ukraine for new lives in Kiev
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Alesya Bolot worked for a contemporary arts foundation that converted an abandoned factory into a mecca for young and bright people with daring ideas. Vibrant and cosmopolitan, the 27-year-old would not look out… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Chernobyl photographer Igor Kostin dies at age 78
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Igor Kostin, a Ukrainian photographer who took one of the first pictures of the ravaged Chernobyl nuclear plant after it exploded in 1986, has died. He was 78.His wife, Alla Kostin, told The Associated Press… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
