Section: Australia&NZ
Don’t be afraid of Russia, Putin tells West (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia is not a threat to the West, President Vladimir Putin insisted in an interview published on Saturday, saying that he supported a Ukraine peace deal following a fresh outbreak of violence in the east of the ex-Soviet country. …read more Source: The West...
Putin tells Italian paper Russia backs Ukraine peace deal (Reuters)
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia fully backs the Minsk peace agreements in Ukraine, but progress is being stalled by Kiev, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview in Italian newspaper Corriere … …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine violence to dominate G-7 meet
Just days before President Barack Obama was set to arrive in Germany for a summit of the seven major industrialised nations, Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine broke a months-long cease-fire by launching a major artillery barrage. …read more Source:...
Ukraine violence to dominate G7 meeting
Just days before President Barack Obama was set to arrive in Germany for a summit of the seven major industrialised nations, Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine killed two dozen people. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Russian, Dutch ministers discuss prosecuting MH17 culprits (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met his Dutch counterpart Bert Koenders on Friday to discuss catching and prosecuting those who shot down the Malaysia Airlines flight over Ukraine last year, Moscow said. …read more Source: The West...
Obama, Poroshenko voice ‘deep concern’ over Ukraine fighting
WASHINGTON (AP) ” The White House says President Barack Obama spoke Friday with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko about stepped-up fighting in eastern Ukraine between government forces and Russian-backed separatists.The White… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
West, Russia trade accusations at UN over new Ukraine violence
Western nations and Russia traded accusations at the United Nations on Friday (Saturday NZT) over the recent upsurge in violence in eastern Ukraine, while a senior member of an international monitoring team blamed both sides in the conflict for breaking a ceasefire. …read more Source:...
UN seeks to shore up Ukraine truce as fighting flares (AFP)
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – The United Nations on Friday urged all sides in Ukraine to fully uphold a Europe-brokered ceasefire, as the warring parties accused each other of jeopardizing the truce. …read more Source: The West...
OSCE Ukraine monitor calls for urgent resumption of talks
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) ” As fears persist that eastern Ukraine is about to fall back into full-scale war, a leader of the international monitoring group is urgently calling for resumed negotiations between the warring sides.The last… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
OSCE say cease-fire violations in Ukraine more frequent
UNITED NATIONS (AP) ” The mission monitoring the cease-fire in Ukraine is warning that violations are becoming more frequent and severe, with heavy weapons often missing from storage areas and rockets and multiple rocket launchers… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
