Section: Australia&NZ
Kremlin: no Ukraine ‘deal’ with US possible
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman is rejecting suggestions that the Kremlin and the Trump Administration may try to negotiate a deal over the war in eastern Ukraine.Last week saw a surge in fighting between… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Pirates kidnap Russians
#Nigeria’n pirates take Russian, Ukrainian sailors hostage https://t.co/CHwqHz20AR #Russia #pirates #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/rtVqezJRNj— Belsat in English (@Belsat_Eng) February 8, 2017 Pirates have kidnapped seven Russians and one Ukrainian after attacking the cargo ship the BBC Caribbean off the coast of Nigeria, the Russian embassy said...
7 Russian sailors, 1 Ukrainian kidnapped in Nigerian waters
WARRI, Nigeria (AP) ” The Russian embassy in Nigeria says seven Russian sailors and a Ukrainian have been kidnapped from a cargo ship in Nigerian waters.It comes less than three months after three Russians were taken hostage off… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Germany slams Ukraine lawmaker’s stunt at embassy in Kiev
BERLIN (AP) ” Germany’s Foreign Ministry has criticized a Ukrainian lawmaker who defaced a part of the Berlin Wall in the grounds of its Kiev embassy.Oleksiy Honcharenko, a member of President Petro Poroshenko’s bloc, sprayed red… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Key Ukraine rebel commander killed in ‘act of terror’ (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – A military chief of a self-proclaimed Russian-backed republic in eastern Ukraine was killed in an “act of terror” Wednesday, the latest victim of a string of similar attacks, local authorities said. …read more Source: The West...
Separatist commander assassinated in eastern Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” Separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine say one of their most prominent warlords has been assassinated.Rebels’ Donets News Agency said Mikhail Tolstykh, better known under his nom de guerre Givi, died early Wednesday… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Merkel urges Putin to end Ukraine violence (AAP)
Germany has pleaded with Russia to help put an end to the conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Putin, Merkel call for cease-fire in eastern Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have called on Ukrainian troops and separatist rebels to cease fire in eastern Ukraine.In their first phone call since a flare-up in hostilities… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
AMBASSADOR DR MYKOLA KULINICH ABOUT THE SITUATION AROUND AVDIIVKA
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko will have a phone conversation with President of the United States of America Donald Trump. Both leaders express readiness to explore additional steps to enhancing the strategic partnership between Ukraine and…(Президент України Петро Порошенко провів телефонну розмову з Президентом Сполучених Штатів...
UKRAINE: THE INTENSE FIGHTING AROUND AVDIIVKA. WHY?
The new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, has expressed strong condemnation of Russias actions in eastern Ukraine and warned that Ukraine-related sanctions against Russia will not be lifted until Crimea is returned to Kyiv. The U…(Ескалація насильства на Дпонбасі повинна бути негайно зупинена, заявила представниця США при...
