Section: Australia&NZ
NATO should be more active in face of challenges from Russia
PRAGUE (AP) ” A top NATO official has acknowledged that the western military alliance was wrong-footed by Moscow’s moves in Ukraine and now has to reassure the public it has the means and will to confront Russia.Gen. Petr Pavel,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Dutch to renew search for body parts, debris at MH17 crash site (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Dutch and international investigators will renew their search for body parts and debris at the MH17 plane crash site in restive eastern Ukraine, including at a location previously considered unsafe, the team’s chief announced Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
Romanian, US, British troops stage NATO-planned exercises
SMARDAN, Romania (AP) ” Some 2,200 Romanian, U.S., British and Moldovan troops will take part in military exercises in Romania, close to the Ukrainian border, beginning this week.”Wind Spring 15″ will start Thursday and continue… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Surge in violence in Eastern Ukraine
Fighting is raging on the outskirts of the rebel stronghold of Donetsk despite a supposed ceasefire. …read more Source: Television New...
Fighting in eastern Ukraine rages on despite talks
Fighting raged overnight and in the early hours on Tuesday (local time) on the outskirts of the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine despite an agreement reached by the Ukrainian and Russian foreign ministers a day earlier.The… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
G7 foreign ministers look to progress on Ukraine, Iran (AFP)
Luebeck (Germany) (AFP) – G7 foreign ministers met in Germany on Tuesday looking to build on recent progress on the Ukraine crisis and Iran’s nuclear programme, host Frank-Walter Steinmeier said. …read more Source: The West...
Six Ukrainian soldiers killed as clashes flare in east (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Six soldiers were killed and 12 injured in separatist-held east Ukraine in the last 24 hours as a fresh flare-up of fighting rattles a shaky ceasefire, Kiev’s military said Tuesday. …read more Source: The West...
Six Ukrainian soldiers killed in last 24 hours: military (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Six soldiers were killed in separatist-held eastern Ukraine in the last 24 hours as fighting flared up again despite a fragile ceasefire, military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said Tuesday. …read more Source: The West...
Six Ukrainian soldiers killed in last 24 hours (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Six Ukrainian soldiers were killed in separatist-held eastern Ukraine in the last 24 hours as fighting flared up again despite a ceasefire, military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said Tuesday. …read more Source: The West...
Fighting in eastern Ukraine rages on overnight despite talks
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) ” Fighting is still raging on the outskirts of the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine despite peace talks this week.Russia and Ukraine agreed in Berlin on Monday to call for the pullback of smaller-caliber… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
