Section: Australia&NZ
Kiev shows off captured ‘Russian soldiers’ to media
Kiev shows off two purported Russian soldiers it captured during a gun battle in the separatist east that Ukraine’s pro-Western leadership says proves the Kremlin’s direct involvement in the war. …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine takes first step toward debt payment freeze (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s cash-starved government took the first step Tuesday toward freezing the payment of billions of dollars in sovereign and state-backed debt owed to some of the world’s most powerful creditors. …read more Source: The West...
Russian captured in eastern Ukraine says he is fine
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Representatives of Amnesty International and the OSCE have visited the two captured fighters whom Ukraine claims are Russian soldiers in a Kiev hospital.Russia denies that the men, who were wounded and captured… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Kiev shows off captured ‘Russian soldiers’ to media (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Kiev on Tuesday showed off two purported Russian soldiers it captured during a gun battle with separatist fighters in the industrial east of the war-wrecked state. …read more Source: The West...
Economic toll of conflict builds up for Ukraine
There seems to be no bottom for Ukraine’s economy.The extent of the damage caused by the conflict in the country’s east was highlighted in a report showing the economy had shrunk by almost a fifth since the violence began last year.Other… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Kiev catches ‘Russian soldiers’
The politically charged declaration came as a truce was broken in violence that killed at least four Ukrainian troops. …read more Source: THE...
Ukraine vows to show off captured Russians
Ukraine has vowed to show off two Russian soldiers it claims to have captured while fighting Moscow-backed forces in the separatist east. …read more Source:...
Crimean police detain Tatars commemorating mass deportation
MOSCOW (AP) ” Police in the capital of Russia-annexed Crimea have detained demonstrators trying to take part in an unauthorized motorcade to observe the anniversary of the mass deportation of Crimean Tatars.Tatars, a Turkic ethnic… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Sweden’s Carl Bildt advises Ukraine President and Russian group (AFP)
Stockholm (AFP) – Sweden’s former foreign minister Carl Bildt has been appointed as an advisor to Russian-controlled investment group LetterOne, the company said Monday, just days after he joined an advisory group to Ukraine’s President. …read more Source: The West...
US’s Nuland meets with Russians to back Ukraine cease-fire
MOSCOW (AP) ” A top U.S. diplomat who met with her Russian counterparts over the conflict in Ukraine says the United States wants to help solidify a shaky cease-fire and support efforts to resolve political and humanitarian concerns… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
