Section: Australia&NZ
Kiev says Putin open to peacekeeping mission in east Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The Ukrainian presidency on Thursday said Russian President Vladimir Putin was open to the deployment of a peacekeeping mission in war-torn eastern Ukraine, after the leaders of both countries spoke by phone with their French and German counterparts. …read more Source: The West...
Search of Ukraine MH17 crash site over: Dutch team (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Dutch and international investigators have finished recovering human remains and wreckage from the MH17 plane crash site in eastern Ukraine, the mission’s head said on Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
US commander: Russian offensive possible in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) ” The top U.S. commander for NATO says Russian forces have used a recent lull in fighting in Ukraine to reposition for what American military officers believe will be another offensive.Gen. Philip Breedlove tells… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US House committee approves defense bill
WASHINGTON (AP) ” The U.S. House Armed Services Committee passed a nearly $612 billion defense policy bill early Thursday that challenges President Barack Obama’s policies on Guantanamo Bay, Ukraine and Iraq.The vote was 60 to 2…. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Stalin billboards go up in Crimea ahead of Victory Day
SEVASTOPOL, Crimea (AP) ” Billboards with the image of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin have appeared all over Sevastopol in Russian-annexed Crimea in the run-up to Victory Day celebrations on May 9.The billboards reading “Eternal glory… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Search of MH17 crash site over: investigators
Dutch investigators announce that they have finished recovering human remains and wreckage from the MH17 plane crash site in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: ABC...
US now sees Russia directing Ukraine’s rebels
WASHINGTON (AP) ” The United States now sees the Ukrainian rebels as a Russian force.American officials briefed on intelligence from the region say Russia has significantly deepened its command and control of the militants in eastern… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Chernobyl wildfire controlled: Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Firefighters have brought under control a forest fire near Ukraine’s Chernobyl plant, scene of the world’s worst nuclear accident in 1986, the emergency services said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
‘Fascists’ or heroes? How WWII history divides Ukraine (AFP)
Lviv (Ukraine) (AFP) – He fought alongside the Nazis, then against them. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine says radiation levels not affected by Chernobyl fire
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukrainian authorities say there has been no change in background radiation levels in the capital as a result of fires in woodlands in the exclusion zone around the destroyed Chernobyl nuclear power plant.The… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
