Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine PM faces possible dismissal as crisis deepens (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk was fighting for his political life on Tuesday as parliament considered holding a vote of no confidence in the government over its perceived failure to fight graft. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine: 3 soldiers killed, 7 wounded in uptick in fighting
MOSCOW (AP) ” The Ukrainian government says three of its servicemen have been killed and seven others wounded in the past 24 hours in clashes with Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine.The Interfax news agency said presidential… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia halts movement of Ukraine-registered cargo trucks
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russian transportation authorities have blocked the movement of Ukraine-registered trucks and detained over 300 cargo vehicles after Ukraine closed its borders to Russia-registered long-haulers.The transport ministry’s… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
In Crimea, Tatars step up resistance to Russian rule
Ethnic minority’s leaders have been incarcerated, self-governing body is suppressed and members are intimidated. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine deputy prosecutor resigns, saying cases blocked
MOSCOW (AP) ” A Ukrainian deputy general prosecutor has resigned, saying he made the decision because of what he calls endemic corruption in the country’s judicial system and a lack of political will.Vitaly Kasko’s resignation on… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine bans transit of trucks from Russia in trade war (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Monday banned the transit of Russian trucks across its territory in a tit-for-tat response to an escalating trade war between the feuding ex-Soviet states. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine and Russia close their borders to foreign truckers
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukraine’s prime minister has announced that cargo trucks registered in Russia will temporarily not be allowed to enter Ukraine, in response to Russia’s ban on Ukrainian trucks.Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s announcement comes… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Tatars step up resistance to Russian rule over Crimea
UROZHAYNE, Crimea (AP) ” Elnara Asanova lives alone with her four small children because her husband, an ethnic Tatar, is in jail. Last April, when she was seven months pregnant, police grabbed him from the streets of their village… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia blocking Ukraine trucks in response to protests
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russia’s Transport Ministry has ordered that Ukraine-registered trucks be stopped from entering in Russia, in response to growing efforts by protesters in Ukraine to block Russian trucks.The ministry’s order on Sunday… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Putin, Obama discuss Syria, Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” The Kremlin says Vladimir Putin and President Barack Obama have held a telephone conversation about the Syrian war and the unresolved conflict in Ukraine.A Sunday statement said the call took place at Washington’s… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
