Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine refuses to extradite Georgia’s ex-president
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukraine has rejected Georgia’s request for the extradition of its former president, Mikhail Saakashvili, who is facing a criminal probe at home.The Ukrainian Prosecutor-General’s office said in Wednesday’s statement… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Crimea’s only Tatar TV station goes off air
MOSCOW (AP) ” Crimea’s independent television station ATR has gone off air after Russian authorities repeatedly refused to give it a broadcasting license.ATR was established as the first channel dedicated to the Crimean Tatars,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
American farmer among the winners in sanctions-hit Russia
MOSCOW (AP) ” Kansas-born farmer Justus Walker is prospering in Russia ” one year after U.S. and European Union sanctions against his adopted country over its aggression in Ukraine.Walker, sporting a bushy beard reminiscent of a… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Kiev ‘failed’ to probe protest violence: Council of Europe (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The Council of Europe on Tuesday blasted Kiev for failing to properly investigate deadly violence against demonstrators in last year’s Maidan protests that ended with pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych’s downfall. …read more Source: The West...
US forces to hold exercises in Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” The United States plans to send soldiers to Ukraine in April for training exercises with units of the country’s national guard.Ukraine’s Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said in a Facebook post on Sunday that… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Poland says its plans to train Ukrainian army instructors
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ” Poland’s Defense Ministry says it plans train about 50 Ukrainian army instructors this year, joining a NATO effort to improve Ukraine’s defense capabilities as it struggles with a pro-Russia insurgency in its… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Crash investigators seek missile witnesses in Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 probe
Dutch prosecutors have appealed for witnesses in eastern Ukraine who may have seen a Russian-made BUK rocket being fired at Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, saying this was the “leading scenario” in their crash investigation. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Dutch seek BUK missile witnesses in MH17 crash probe (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Dutch and international experts probing the MH17 plane crash in eastern Ukraine appealed Monday for witnesses who saw the transport or firing of a BUK surface-to-air missile around the time of the disaster. …read more Source: The West...
Rebel leader: Kiev blocks solution for eastern Ukraine
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) ” A rebel leader in eastern Ukraine has accused the Kiev government of blocking a political solution for the conflict that has claimed more than 6,000 lives.Andrei Purgin said in an interview with The Associated… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Probe into Ukraine plane disaster eyes Buk missile launchers
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) ” An international investigation into the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster is officially looking into a scenario that the plane was downed by a missile fired from conflict-ridden eastern Ukraine.A… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
