Section: Australia&NZ
Polish lawmakers get military training for ‘troubled times’
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ” Polish lawmakers have answered a call for military training, a mainly symbolic act as Poles grow nervous about the conflict next door in Ukraine and Russia’s involvement in it.Several lawmakers donned fatigues… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Nemtsov report claims hundreds of Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Allies of murdered Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov on Tuesday unveiled a report based on research he compiled that they claimed proved large-scale Russian military involvement in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Vladimir Putin has up to 10,000 troops in Ukraine, Russian opposition claims
Russia has up to 10,000 soldiers in eastern Ukraine and has spent more than $1.3 billion supplying separatists, according to a report compiled by Russian opposition activists. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Nemtsov report ‘proves’ Russian presence in Ukraine: opposition (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Allies of murdered Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov on Tuesday unveiled a report based on research he collected that they claimed proved Russian military involvement in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Kerry in Russia to push Putin on Ukraine crisis (AFP)
Sochi (Russia) (AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry began high stakes talks in the Russian resort of Sochi Tuesday aimed at pushing President Vladimir Putin to fully implement a shaky Ukraine ceasefire. …read more Source: The West...
Nemtsov report ‘proves’ Russian army presence in Ukraine: opposition (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Allies of slain Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov on Tuesday unveiled a report based on research he collected that they claimed proved Russian military involvement in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Nemtsov report: 220 Russian soldiers died in Ukraine battles
MOSCOW (AP) ” A report containing material compiled by slain Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov says at least 220 Russian soldiers died in two battles in eastern Ukraine within the past year.The Russian Defense Ministry denies… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Kerry to meet Russia’s Putin amid Ukraine, Syria tensions
SOCHI, Russia (AP) ” U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin with an eye on easing badly strained relations over conflicts in Ukraine and Syria.Kerry was to lay a wreath at a World War II… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US Secretary of State Kerry arrives in Russia to meet Putin amid Ukraine, Syria tensions
SOCHI, Russia (AP) ” US Secretary of State Kerry arrives in Russia to meet Putin amid Ukraine, Syria tensions. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Kerry arrives in Russia to push Putin on Ukraine crisis (AFP)
Sochi (Russia) (AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in the Russian resort of Sochi Tuesday for high stakes talks seeking to push President Vladimir Putin to fully implement a shaky Ukraine ceasefire. …read more Source: The West...
