Section: Australia&NZ
Crimea standoff: Crisis or creation?
THE United States and Russia are again facing-off in disputed waters off occupied Crimea, with a major clash between combat jets and the destroyer USS Ross. Or was there? …read more Source:...
Georgia threatens to strip ex-leader Saakashvili’s citizenship (AFP)
Tbilisi (AFP) – Georgia has threatened to revoke pro-Western former president Mikheil Saakashvili’s citizenship after he was granted a Ukrainian passport and appointed as governor of the strategic Odessa region. …read more Source: The West...
5 die in eastern Ukraine despite cease-fire
MOSCOW (AP) ” At least two civilians and three Ukrainian troops have been killed in eastern Ukraine despite the ongoing cease-fire.Rebel mouthpiece Donetsk News Agency said on Monday two civilians were killed and five injured in… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
UN rights office: Death toll in Ukraine conflict tops 6,400
BERLIN (AP) ” The United Nations’ human rights office says the number of people killed in more than a year of fighting in eastern Ukraine has risen to over 6,400.The office said Monday that at least 6,417 people have been killed… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
NATO flexes muscles in Baltics, Poland (AFP)
Vilnius (AFP) – US-led NATO drills began Monday in the Baltic states and Poland, a move intended to reassure Russia’s nervous neighbours amid tensions over Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Russian FM dimisses ‘absurdity’ of EU anger over entry bans (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday dismissed the “absurdity” of EU complaints over a travel ban imposed by Moscow on 89 Europeans over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The West...
Three Ukrainian serviceman killed in separatist east – Kiev military (Reuters)
KIEV (Reuters) – Three Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and four others wounded in attacks by pro-Russian separatists in the east over the past 24 hours, Ukraine’s military spokesman said on Mond… …read more Source: The West...
IMF mission gives upbeat assessment of Ukraine, sees signs of ‘economic stability’ emerging (Reuters)
KIEV (Reuters) – The head of an International Monetary Fund team visiting Ukraine gave a positive assessment of progress by the Kiev government on reform on Sunday and said there would be further disc… …read more Source: The West...
Five killed in eastern Ukraine fighting (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Three Ukrainian soldiers and two civilians have been killed over the past 24 hours in fighting in the separatist east, a Ukrainian military spokesman said Sunday. …read more Source: The West...
Russia blacklists 89 European leaders
Russia has imposed an entry ban on 89 European politicians and military leaders, according to a list seen by Reuters, a move that has angered Europe and worsened its standoff with the West over Moscow’s role in the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source:...
