Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine’s pro-Russia rebels stage rare tank exercises (AFP)
Ternove (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s pro-Moscow insurgents showed off their military prowess on Thursday by launching exercises involving heavy tanks that Kiev claims they had covertly received from Russia. …read more Source: The West...
EU: Russia-Ukraine talks on gas supplies to resume
BRUSSELS (AP) ” Russia and Ukraine will resume talks aimed at trying to clinch a deal guaranteeing that Ukraine will receive shipments of Russian natural gas this winter.The European Union, which is hosting the negotiations, announced… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Rejecting Putin’s offer of talks with Obama would be ‘irresponsible’: US official (AFP)
Washington (AFP) – Despite clashes over Syria and Ukraine, President Barack Obama has agreed to meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin next week, a senior US official said Thursday, saying to reject the offer of talks would be “irresponsible.” …read more Source: The West...
‘Strong’ Russian presence in eastern Ukraine: NATO chief (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – NATO head Jens Stoltenberg told AFP Thursday there was still a “strong” Russian presence in eastern Ukraine in support of pro-Moscow rebels although a recent ceasefire seems to be holding. …read more Source: The West...
France sells warships to Egypt, after Russia deal scrapped (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – French President Francois Hollande said Wednesday Egypt had agreed to buy two Mistral warships which France built for Russia before scrapping the sale over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The West...
France to sell warships to Egypt, after Russia deal scrapped (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – Egypt agreed Wednesday to buy two Mistral warships which France built for Russia before scrapping the sale over the Ukraine crisis, showing Paris increasingly values Cairo as a stable partner in a chaotic region. …read more Source: The West...
France says Egypt to buy Mistral warships after Russia deal scrapped (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – Egypt has agreed to buy two Mistral warships which France built for Russia before scrapping the sale over the Ukraine crisis, the French presidency said in a statement Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
France says Egypt to buy warships after Russia deal scrapped (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – Egypt has agreed to buy two Mistral warships which France built for Russia before scrapping the sale over the Ukraine crisis, the French presidency said in a statement Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
OSCE envoy regrets lack of progress in Ukraine talks
MINSK, Belarus (AP) ” An envoy from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has voiced regret over the intransigence of Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine, who have insisted on holding local elections in defiance… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
IMF chief urges holdouts to join Ukraine debt deal (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – IMF chief Christine Lagarde on Tuesday pressed Ukraine’s hold-out creditors such as Russia and a handful of Western investment houses to write off some of the crisis-wrecked country’s massive debt. …read more Source: The West...
