Section: Australia&NZ
Germany, French FMs planning to visit Ukraine next week
BERLIN (AP) ” Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his French counterpart are planning to visit Ukraine next week to discuss solutions to the conflict in the east of the country.A German diplomat confirmed the… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia flaunts military might in Crimea drills (AFP)
Opuk (AFP) – Under a blazing sun, Sukhoi jets zoomed across the sky and dropped explosives, as Russian warships sailed right up to the shore. …read more Source: The West...
New Ukraine truce jeopardised by first combat death (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Friday reported its first combat death since a new ceasefire with pro-Russian rebels went into effect on September 1 before the new school year. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine names Kiev as Eurovision 2017 host city
Ukraine announces that Kiev will host the Eurovision 2017 song contest after its singer Jamala won this year’s competition. …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine picks Kiev as Eurovision host city (The West Australian)
Ukraine has announced that next year’s Eurovision Song Contest will take place in its capital, Kiev. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine picks Kiev as 2017 Eurovision host city
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukraine has announced that next year’s Eurovision Song Contest will take place in its capital, Kiev.Ukraine is the host after Ukrainian singer Jamala won this year’s event in a moment of national pride for this former… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia holds large-scale military drills in Crimea
FEODOSIYA, Crimea (AP) ” Russia has deployed cruise missiles, multiple rocket launchers, tanks and its latest anti-aircraft system at massive military drills in Crimea.Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine in April 2014… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia’s $3bn court case against Ukraine scheduled for January (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Britain’s High Court will next year hear a case Moscow has filed against Ukraine over a $3 billion eurobond loan, a deputy finance minister said Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
Retired US general to advise Ukraine’s defense minister
LONDON (AP) ” U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter has appointed a retired U.S. Army general as special adviser to Ukraine’s defense minister.The Pentagon says John Abizaid (AB’-ih-zayd) will advise defense chief Stepan Poltorak as… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
2 years after cease-fire weary Ukraine still at war
MARINKA, Ukraine (AP) ” The gray-bearded officer’s summary of the war in eastern Ukraine is terse with weariness.”We stand in place. We shoot over there, they shoot back from over there,” Mykhailo Gaiduk said. “It’s just burning… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
