Section: Australia&NZ
Plane with 180 aboard crashes in Iran
A Boeing 737 belonging to Ukraine International Airlines has crashed due to technical problems after take-off from Iran’s Imam Khomeini airport with 180 passengers and crew aboard, the semi-official Fars news agency tweeted on Wednesday. …read more Source:: Otago Daily...
Ukraine and Russia-backed rebels swap prisoners in move to end war
Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have expressed satisfaction about the exchange. …read more Source:: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine military aid frozen 90 minutes after Trump spoke to Zelensky
Trump spoke to Zelensky at 9.03am. At 11.04am, the White House asked the Pentagon to freeze military aid, according to confidential emails. …read more Source:: The Sydney Morning...
Trump administration officials froze US$391 million in military aid to Ukraine just 91 minutes after the president spoke with Zelensky
The Trump administration froze aid to Ukraine just 91 minutes after the president got off the phone with Ukraine’s leader and asked for investigations into Joe Biden and the 2016 election, according to newly released emails.”Based… …read more Source:: The New Zealand...
Former White House officials say they feared Putin influenced the president’s views on Ukraine, 2016 campaign
Almost from the moment he took office, President Donald Trump seized on a theory that troubled his senior aides: Ukraine, he told them on many occasions, had tried to stop him from winning the White House.After meeting privately… …read more Source:: The New Zealand...
US President Donald Trump impeached by the House over Ukraine dealings
Wrangling between Democrats and Republicans has already begun over how to conduct the next stage of the impeachment process. …read more Source:: The Sydney Morning...
ABOUT THE WAR WITH RUSSIA BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS – ПРО ВІЙНУ З РОСІЄЮ НАПЕРЕДОДНІ РІЗДВА
The latest news from Ukraine and about Ukraine…The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine has said its monitors spotted 22 Grad multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) in occupied Donbas, according to the OSCE’s daily report on December 16, 2019. – Вістки із рідних земель напередодні різдвяно-новорічних святкувань…...
US President Donald Trump impeached by the House over Ukraine dealings
President Trump has become the third US leader in history to be impeached by the House of Representatives for high crimes and misdemeanours. …read more Source:: The Sydney Morning...
Republicans not napping but comatose on Trump impeachment case
One after another, Republicans declined to countenance the idea that Trump misbehaved in his dealings with Ukraine – let alone that he had should be impeached. …read more Source:: The Sydney Morning...
Trump at brink of impeachment
US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters Democrats in the US House of Representatives on Friday took Republican President Donald Trump to the brink of impeachment when they approved two charges against him over his efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden. …read more Source:: Otago Daily...
