Section: Australia&NZ
Russia warns of new Cold War as east Ukraine violence surges (Reuters)
By Robin Emmott and Shadia Nasralla MUNICH (Reuters) – Violence in eastern Ukraine is intensifying and Russian-backed rebels have moved heavy weaponry back to the front line, internatio… …read more Source: The West...
It’s a ‘new cold war’: Russia
The world has plunged into a “new cold war”, the Russian Prime Minister says, amid tensions over Ukraine and Syria. …read more Source: THE...
Russia sanctions to remain until Ukraine deal implemented: Kerry (AFP)
Munich (Germany) (AFP) – Sanctions against Russia will continue until it implements all aspects of the Ukraine peace agreement reached in Minsk last year, US Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday. …read more Source: The West...
Russia decries ‘new Cold War’ as East-West strains cloud talks (AFP)
Munich (Germany) (AFP) – The world has plunged into a “new Cold War”, the Russian premier said Saturday, as East-West tensions over Ukraine and Syria took centre-stage at a gathering of world leaders in Germany. …read more Source: The West...
Kerry takes aim at Russia over Ukraine and Syria
MUNICH (AP) ” U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is sharply criticizing Russia for its actions in Ukraine and Syria, accusing Moscow of “repeated aggression” in both places.Speaking to the Munich Security Conference on Saturday,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russian PM: West rekindling the Cold War
MUNICH (AP) ” Russia’s prime minister is accusing the West of rekindling the Cold War, saying sanctions imposed after the annexation of Crimea and new moves by the NATO alliance “only aggravate” tensions.Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russian, Ukrainian, German, French officials meet on Ukraine
MUNICH (AP) ” Senior officials from Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France have met on the sidelines of a security conference in Munich to discuss the situation in eastern Ukraine.German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier hosted… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russian PM says little sense in discussing Ukraine’s $3 billion debt (Reuters)
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said he planned no talks on Ukraine’s $3 billion (2 billion pounds) debt to Russia at the Munich Security conference this week. … …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine leader, wife defend disabled man kicked out of eatery (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and his wife Maryna took the unusual step Thursday of defending a disabled man who was pushed out of a restaurant because of his “suspicious” behaviour. …read more Source: The West...
Four dead after landmine blows up minibus in Ukraine
Four Ukrainian civilians were killed when a minivan carrying them drove over a landmine as they waited to cross out of separatist-held territory in eastern Ukraine, authorities say. …read more Source: ABC...
