Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine’s tense Odessa marks two years since clashes killed 48 (AFP)
Odessa (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainian police in the tense southern city of Odessa on Monday discovered grenades near the site of commemorations marking two years since clashes between Moscow and Kiev supporters killed 48. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine accuses separatists of violating Easter armistice
MOSCOW (AP) ” The Ukrainian government says one soldier has been killed and several troops wounded in the country’s east in what seems to be a violation of a recently brokered armistice.Both sides in the deadly conflict between… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Germany says to host fresh Ukraine talks (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier Saturday said he had invited his Russian, Ukrainian and French counterparts to talks in Berlin on May 11 intended to smooth differences between Moscow and Kiev. …read more Source: The West...
Two Ukrainian soldiers killed in rebel east despite truce (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Two Ukrainian soldiers were killed in fresh fighting between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in the east even as a new truce took effect, Kiev said Saturday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels agree Orthodox Easter truce (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s government on Friday agreed to a new truce with pro-Russian insurgents to take effect ahead of Orthodox Easter this weekend, reinforcing a deal signed more than a year ago. …read more Source: The West...
Cease-fire in east Ukraine set to begin on Orthodox Easter
MINSK, Belarus (AP) ” The international envoy working to bring peace to eastern Ukraine says agreement has been reached to observe a cease-fire with the start of the Orthodox Easter and May Day holidays.Martin Sajdik, the special… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine at UN seeks to shore up ceasefire (AFP)
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Ukraine told the UN Security Council on Thursday that a fragile ceasefire must be strengthened before progress can be achieved in political talks on solving the two-year conflict in the country’s east. …read more Source: The West...
‘Highly likely’ Ukraine will receive next IMF loans in June – finance minister (Reuters)
By Natalia Zinets and Matthias Williams KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine thinks it is highly likely to receive its next aid tranche of $1.7 billion (£1.1 billion) from the International Moneta… …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine ceasefire violations ‘highest in months’ (AFP)
Vienna (AFP) – Ceasefire violations in eastern Ukraine have reached their highest level in months, with violence again reaching “worrying levels,” the chief OSCE monitor said Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
Lawyer: extradition of Ukrainian pilot expected soon
MOSCOW (AP) ” A lawyer for a jailed Ukrainian pilot says his client has been given forms to complete for extradition from Russia.Nadezhda Savchenko, who was captured by Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine in 2014, was sentenced… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
