Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine receives first batch of US Humvees (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday took delivery of ten US armoured vehicles, two days after American lawmakers voted to urge President Barack Obama to provide “lethal” aid to Kiev. …read more Source: The West...
Pro-Ukraine demonstrators in Belarus assail Russian policy
MINSK, Belarus (AP) ” About 2,000 opposition activists have marched through the Belarusian capital to condemn Russia’s policy and express solidarity with Ukraine.The demonstrators carried a placard reading “Russia is War,” a reference… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine arrests officials on live TV, sacks powerful oligarch (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Wednesday dramatically arrested two top officials on graft charges at a televised cabinet meeting hours after the president sacked a powerful oligarch as regional governor. …read more Source: The West...
US hands over armored military vehicles to Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” The United States has delivered 10 armored vehicles to Ukraine as part of a military support program intended to assist the fight against Russian-backed separatist forces in the country’s east.Ukrainian President… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine president dismisses tycoon governor
Ukraine’s president has dismissed one of the country’s most controversial tycoons from his regional governor’s post. …read more Source:...
Two top Ukrainian officials arrested at cabinet meeting
Two top Ukrainian officials are arrested on corruption charges and led away in handcuffs from a televised cabinet meeting as government ministers looked on. …read more Source: ABC...
Two top Ukrainian officials arrested at cabinet meeting (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Two top Ukrainian officials were arrested Wednesday on corruption charges and led away in handcuffs from a televised cabinet meeting as government ministers looked on. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainian officials detained during government meeting
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukrainian police have detained the head of the state emergency service and his deputy on suspicion of fraud during a televised government meeting.The two officials were escorted out of Wednesday’s meeting in… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine president dismisses powerful oligarch as regional governor (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s president has dismissed one of the country’s most controversial tycoons from his regional governor’s post, his office said Wednesday, in a showdown baring the infighting between powerful oligarchs even as the country struggles to combat pro-Russian insurgents. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s president dismisses powerful regional governor
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko dismissed the billionaire governor of an eastern region Wednesday following a rancorous dispute pitting the tycoon against the government.Poroshenko’s office said in a statement… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
