Section: Australia&NZ
US to deploy heavy weapons on NATO’s eastern flank (AFP)
Tallinn (AFP) – The US will deploy heavy weapons in central and eastern Europe for the first time, Washington said Tuesday, in the midst of the worst stand-off between Russia and the West since the Cold War, triggered by the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Some Ukraine refugees in Russia yearn to return, others settle (AFP)
Primorka (Russia) (AFP) – Marina Balatskaya watched as her three children played in the Russian holiday camp that has become their home since they fled the fighting in east Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Putin slams group warning Russians against visiting Crimea
MOSCOW (AP) ” President Vladimir Putin says a consumer rights group that has cautioned Russians against traveling to Crimea is serving foreign interests.Putin was referring to the Society for Protection of Consumer Rights, a little-known… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Diplomats seek to calm Ukraine fighting, break stalemate
PARIS (AP) ” The foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany will meet in Paris to discuss efforts to try to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine.Tuesday’s meeting is part of a new round of diplomatic efforts amid a… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine says rebels used long-range artillery on villages, one soldier dead (Reuters)
KIEV (Reuters) – The Ukrainian military on Tuesday accused Russian-backed rebels of conducting long-range artillery attacks on villages in the east and said one of its serviceman was killed and 12 wou… …read more Source: The West...
Viktor Yanukovych accepts blame for Ukraine bloodshed, defends zoo at his residence
“I supported the ostriches. What’s wrong with that?” …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Viktor Yanukovych accepts blame for Ukraine bloodshed, defends personal zoo
“I supported the ostriches. What’s wrong with that?” …read more Source:...
Russia warns of retaliation after EU extends sanctions
Kremlin officials reacted furiously to the European Union’s extension of sanctions on Russia through to January 2016, calling the measure self-defeating. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
EU prolongs economic sanctions on Russia
The EU has agreed to extend economic sanctions against Russia for six months in a bid to pressure it to abide by the Ukraine peace agreement. …read more Source:...
Putin ‘saved my life’: Yanukovych (AFP)
London (AFP) – Former Ukraine president Viktor Yanukovych has thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for “saving my life” during the bloody demonstrations that led to his ouster. …read more Source: The West...
