Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine under ‘continual attack’ despite truce: NATO (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A top NATO commander warned on Wednesday that “continual attacks” against Ukraine were hampering Kiev’s efforts to modernise its army enough to one day join the Western military bloc. …read more Source: The West...
7 civilians, fighters killed in new Ukraine unrest
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukrainian government and rebel officials say seven people have been killed over the last day of fighting between armed forces and separatists.The regional government of Luhansk, which is loyal to Kiev, said… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Six killed in east Ukraine fighting: officials (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Four pro-Russian rebels, a Ukrainian soldier and one civilian were killed in clashes that broke out over the past 24 hours in violation of a February truce deal, officials said Tuesday. …read more Source: The West...
Cambodian court acquits Ukraine lawmaker of rape
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) ” A Cambodian court has acquitted a senior Ukrainian lawmaker of rape in a case he says was cooked up by political opponents.Phnom Penh Municipal Court says Mykola Kniazhytsky is not guilty of raping a… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Germany protests ‘unacceptable’ ejection of Merkel party MP from Moscow
Germany protested to Russia on Monday over Moscow’s refusal to let a conservative German lawmaker into the country, a decision the Foreign Ministry criticised as unacceptable, in the latest sign of East-West tensions over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine agents raid UniCredit in expanding terror probe (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian security agents on Monday seized documents at the Kiev headquarters of Italy’s UniCredit bank as part of a probe aimed at cutting off the suspected illicit financing of pro-Russian rebels in the separatist east. …read more Source: The West...
German MP linked to Ukraine denied entry to Russia (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – A German deputy with strong links to Ukraine was denied access to Russian territory over the weekend, a decision slammed as “unacceptable” by Berlin on Monday. …read more Source: The West...
Russia says it has no access to men detained in Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Russia’s embassy in Ukraine says it has still not been given access to two Russian citizens detained earlier this month on suspicion of fighting alongside separatists in the eastern region of Luhansk.The Russian… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine rebels deny internal strife behind commander’s slaying (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebels rushed Sunday to dispel speculation that a bloody internal battle for control of Moscow’s money was behind the gangland-style slaying of a top warlord. …read more Source: The West...
German grandmother gives birth to quadruplets
A 65-year-old German woman who already has 13 children gives birth to quadruplets after undergoing an artificial insemination procedure in Ukraine, local media reports. …read more Source: ABC...
