Section: Australia&NZ
Putin makes anti-sanctions case in Italy (AFP)
Milan (AFP) – Vladimir Putin took his case against international sanctions to Italy on Wednesday, claiming they would cost Italian companies a billion euros and insisting he was committed to a peaceful resolution of the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The West...
US envoy meets Poroshenko as concerns for Ukraine grow (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Washington’s UN ambassador was set Wednesday to meet Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko at a time of renewed hostilities with pro-Russian fighters and fears of the Western-backed state’s imminent debt default. …read more Source: The West...
Bush supports more troops in Eastern Europe to stop Putin
BERLIN (AP) ” Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush says the U.S. and NATO should consider putting thousands more troops to Poland’s and the Baltic nations’ border with Russia to deter President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine and elsewhere… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Putin visits Italy, pope after G-7 snub over Ukraine
MILAN (AP) ” Russian President Vladimir Putin is visiting Italy to meet with Italian officials and Pope Francis in a symbolic show of statesmanship after his latest snub by the Group of Seven advanced democracies, which reaffirmed… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Poll: Americans and Europeans differ on aid to Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” A new survey shows that Americans are less willing than Europeans to send economic aid to Ukraine, where the government is struggling to keep the economy afloat while battling Russian-backed separatists.At the same… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Isolated Putin seeks sympathetic hearing in Italy (AFP)
Rome (AFP) – Vladimir Putin makes a rare international outing on Wednesday with a high-profile visit to Italy and the Vatican two days after the G7 threatened him with tougher sanctions over Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
U.S., G7 ready to impose more sanctions on Russia over Ukraine – Treasury (Reuters)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew told Ukrainian leaders on Tuesday that the United States and its G7 allies stood ready to impose more sanctions on Moscow if needed, a Treasury … …read more Source: The West...
One dead after massive blaze engulfs fuel depot in Ukraine
Residents near the village of Hlevaha had to be evacuated due to the huge fire. …read more Source: Television New...
Five killed in Ukraine fuel depot blaze
A massive fire at a Ukrainian fuel depot has killed five people, officials say, including three firemen who went missing after the flames triggered a powerful explosion. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Implementation of Minsk agreements on Ukraine ‘still fragile’ – Russian Foreign Ministry (Reuters)
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The implementation of the Minsk agreements aimed at ending the conflict in east Ukraine is still fragile, Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. “It… …read more Source: The West...
