Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine truce talks make no breakthrough in Minsk (AFP)
Minsk (AFP) – A top pro-Russian rebel said on Friday that a new round of Ukraine crisis talks had resulted in no breakthrough but would continue in the coming weeks. …read more Source: The West...
‘War crimes’ rampant in Ukraine: Amnesty (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Amnesty International on Friday accused Ukrainian forces of torture and pro-Russian rebels of even more serious war crimes such as summary executions committed both before and after a February truce deal. …read more Source: The West...
Kremlin seeking to free Russians held by Kiev (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said Friday the Kremlin was doing all it could to secure the release of two men that Ukraine says are captured Russian soldiers. …read more Source: The West...
Kremlin spokesman: Russia wants to free 2 held in Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman says Moscow is making efforts toward the release of two Russians held in Ukraine, but has declined comment on claims that they are soldiers.In video published Friday by… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Endangered antelope dying off in vast numbers in Kazakhstan
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Authorities in Kazakhstan says around one-third of the endangered saiga antelope population in this Central Asian nation has mysteriously died off in the last few days.Kazakhstan’s agriculture ministry said… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Amnesty says torture of Ukraine war prisoners is rife
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Amnesty International says both warring sides in eastern Ukraine are almost daily perpetrating war crimes, including torture and summary killings of prisoners.In a new report, the rights group said Friday it… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
EU, Ukraine sign $2 billion loan deal at Eastern summit
RIGA, Latvia (AP) ” The European Union and Ukraine have signed a 1.8 billion euro ($2 billion) loan deal in an effort to help revive the cash-strapped country’s economy.EU and Ukrainian officials signed the agreement Friday at a… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Fighters captured in Ukraine admit to serving in Russia’s army: OSCE (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Two Russians captured by Ukrainian forces during a firefight in the ex-Soviet state’s separatist east have admitted to serving in the Kremlin’s armed forces, the OSCE said on Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
Merkel sets tough line at EU summit with eastern partners (AFP)
Riga (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel told the EU’s eastern partners Thursday not to expect too much of the bloc and warned Russia to mend its ways over Ukraine if it wanted to rejoin the G7 club of top nations. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainian officer hit with 3rd charge in Russia
MOSCOW (AP) ” A third charge has been filed against a Ukrainian military officer who has been behind bars in Moscow for nearly a year over the deaths of two Russian journalists in Ukraine.Nadezhda Savchenko, who worked as a spotter… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
