Section: Australia&NZ
Key countries call for tribunal for Malaysia Airlines crash
UNITED NATIONS (AP) ” The five countries investigating last year’s shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine are calling for an international tribunal to prosecute those responsible.Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Putin vows to further strengthen Russian military
MOSCOW (AP) ” President Vladimir Putin says Russia needs a powerful military to fend off threats near its borders, a statement that reflects tensions with the West over the Ukrainian crisis.Speaking at Thursday’s Kremlin meeting… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Lone Russian activists battle to prove Kremlin troops in Ukraine (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Ruslan Leviyev clicks through the evidence on the computer in his Moscow flat that he says helps prove Russian President Vladimir Putin is lying when he denies his troops are fighting in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
NATO warns of risk of more heavy fighting in Ukraine (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – NATO head Jens Stoltenberg warned Thursday there was still a risk of heavy fighting in Ukraine and urged Russia to halt its support for pro-Moscow rebels. …read more Source: The West...
NATO: Risk of return to heavy fighting in Ukraine
BRUSSELS (AP) ” NATO says there’s a risk of a return to heavy fighting this summer in eastern Ukraine, and is blaming Russia.NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday Russia continues to support pro-Moscow separatists… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Internal border closes on Ukrainians splintered by war (AFP)
ODRADIVKA (Ukraine) (AFP) – Irina grips a bag filled to bursting with fruit in each hand and begins the arduous trek across the shell-splattered no man’s land splitting pro-Russian militias from Ukrainian troops. …read more Source: The West...
Putin extends Russia’s ban on Western food ban for one year
Russian president Vladimir Putin extends a retaliatory ban against most Western food imports, including those from Australia, just days after EU officials prolong sanctions against Moscow over the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source: ABC...
Netherlands, Malaysia push for UN tribunal for MH17 culprits (AFP)
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – The Netherlands, Malaysia and three other countries want a UN tribunal to be set up to try those responsible for the downing of the Malaysia Airlines flight over Ukraine last year, a senior diplomat said Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
Putin’s revenge for EU sanctions
THE EU has extended sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine conflict in a move branded as ‘Russophobic’. Now Vladimir Putin has retaliated. …read more Source:...
Japan PM calls on Putin to work towards Ukraine peace (AFP)
Tokyo (AFP) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called on Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday to play a constructive role in finding “peaceful and diplomatic solutions” to the crisis in Ukraine, after the EU agreed to prolong sanctions against Russia. …read more Source: The West...
