Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine warns Russia of missile tests near Crimea (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine ratcheted up tensions with Moscow on Wednesday by warning the Kremlin its army intended to hold two days of missile-launching exercises near the border with Russian-annexed Crimea. …read more Source: The West...
‘No progress’ at Ukraine peace meeting: Lavrov (AFP)
Minsk (AFP) – Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said the meeting on Tuesday with his Ukrainian, French and German counterparts made “no progress” in ending the war between Kiev and pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine’s east. …read more Source: The West...
Talks on Ukraine produce no visible results
MINSK, Belarus (AP) ” A meeting of foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany intended to shore up a shaky peace process in eastern Ukraine has ended without visible progress.Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Giant arch slides over Chernobyl site to block radiation for a century
In the middle of a vast exclusion zone in northern Ukraine, the world’s largest land-based moving structure has been slid over the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site to prevent deadly radiation spewing from the stricken reactor for the next 100 years. …read more Source:...
Ukraine moves new safety dome over Chernobyl’s doomed reactor (AFP)
Chernobyl (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine on Tuesday unveiled the world’s largest moveable metal structure over the Chernobyl nuclear power plant’s doomed fourth reactor to ensure the safety of Europeans for generations to come. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s ex-leader Yanukovych accuses protesters of starting war (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s former Moscow-backed president on Monday accused pro-EU protesters who forced his ouster of provoking the 31-month pro-Russian revolt in the southeast that has claimed nearly 10,000 lives. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s ousted president testifies in court
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukraine’s ousted president has testified in the trial of five former special forces policemen charged with fatally shooting scores of demonstrators, and denied giving orders for them to shoot at the protesters.Over… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Students use computer keys for Steve Jobs portrait
stevejobs.jpg A Ukrainian university student has created a portrait of late Apple founder Steve Jobs out of keyboards. Photo: Reuters screen-grab. Three Ukrainian IT students have paid tribute to late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs by making his portrait with computer keyboard keys. …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Russia protests Ukraine’s missile training over Crimea
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russia’s defense ministry has presented the Ukrainian military attach with a note of protest in reaction to Ukraine’s plans to conduct training launches of missiles over Crimea next week.Russian aviation officials… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine ex-president ‘regrets’ not calling in army (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Ukraine’s ousted former president Viktor Yanukovych said Friday he regretted “not having called in the army and declared martial law” in his bid to crush a pro-EU revolt in February 2014. …read more Source: The West...
