Section: TV3 (New Zealand)
Sanctions cost Russia $178 billion
Russia says it is losing billions a year because of Western sanctions over the Ukraine conflict and plunging oil prices, but President Vladimir Putin has dismissed the economic damage as “not fatal”. …read more Source:...
Dutch complete MH17 wreckage recovery
Dutch experts have completed the recovery of wreckage from the crash site of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine ‘truce’ death toll nears 1000
Almost 1000 people have been killed in Ukraine since a ceasefire came into effect in September, an average of 13 people a day, the UN said, as the conflict drags on. …read more Source:...
International monitors fired upon in Ukraine
A convoy of international monitors have been shot at in Ukraine as the UN reveals 1000 people have died in the conflict since September. …read more Source:...
Plot against Dutch minister foiled – Ukraine
Ukrainian security services claim to have thwarted a plot against Dutch foreign minister Bert Koenders as he paid his respects to the victims of MH17. …read more Source:...
German bid to revive Ukraine peace plan
Germany’s foreign minister has jetted to Kiev and Moscow in a bid to revive a failing peace plan in east Ukraine. …read more Source:...
MH17 satellite photo dismissed as fake
A photo released by Russian state television claiming to show a Ukrainian fighter jet shooting down flight MH17 has been dismissed as fake by the US government and commentators. …read more Source:...
Ukraine ready for ‘total war’ – Poroshenko
Ukraine’s president has toughened his rhetoric after a week in which Kiev said several unmarked armoured convoys of troops crossed the Russian border to reinforce rebels. …read more Source:...
New amateur video shows MH17 downing
Four months after MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine, a video has emerged that shows how close the burning passenger jet came to hitting village homes. …read more Source:...
MH17 wreck removal begins in Ukraine
Work has started to remove the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 from rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
