Section: Australia&NZ
Ukrainian, 23, who faked age for high school pleads guilty
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) ” A 23-year-old Ukrainian man accused of faking his name and age while attending a Pennsylvania high school and having sex with an underage girl has pleaded guilty.Artur Samarin entered the plea Monday in Harrisburg… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Three Ukrainian soldiers killed in fresh clashes (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Three Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and four others injured in fresh clashes between pro-Russian rebels and government forces in Ukraine’s war-scarred east, the military said Sunday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine rebel leader Plotnitsky ‘injured in car blast’ (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The leader of a self-proclaimed separatist republic in eastern Ukraine was injured in a suspected car bombing Saturday, local media reported. …read more Source: The West...
Separatist Ukrainian leader wounded in Luhansk car bombing
MOSCOW (AP) ” Rebels in Ukraine’s separatist region of Luhansk say their leader has been wounded in a car bombing.The rebel-run Luhansk Information Center says an unidentified explosive device went off near the car of the leader… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
War turns Ukraine into ‘supermarket’ for illegal weapons
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” A former Ukrainian soldier-turned-arms dealer agrees to meet in Kiev, where he offers to sell a Makarov semi-automatic pistol for about $160. Amid haggling, he drops the price to $120. He says he also has Kalashnikov… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Shifting from Russia, Ukraine strikes US nuclear fuel deal (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine said Thursday it had reached an agreement with the US-based electric giant Westinghouse to build a nuclear fuel production unit that would help reduce its reliance on Russia. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainian hackers leak IDs, personal data of journalists
MOSCOW (AP) ” A Ukrainian nationalist website has published an email archive with copies of IDs and personal data of Ukrainian and international journalists.Myrotvorets first raised concern about the safety of journalists when it… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
UN records highest casualties in eastern Ukraine in a year
MOSCOW (AP) ” The United Nations says the number of casualties in fighting in eastern Ukraine is back to last year’s highs.Fighting between Russia-backed separatists and government troops has killed over 9,500 people since it began… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Selfie star cop dies from tuberculosis after thug spat in her face (Yahoo7 News)
A Ukraine policewoman who became an Internet star due to her glamorous selfies has died from tuberculosis after a vile thug spat in her face. …read more Source: The West...
Trump clueless about Crimea
DONALD Trump mistakenly said Russia has not rolled into Ukraine despite an annexation of Crimea that’s drawn worldwide condemnation. …read more Source:...
