Section: Australia&NZ
Putin prepared to use nukes to get Crimea
THE world looked on as Vladimir Putin annexed Crimea. Now the Russian President has made a chilling statement of his willingness to employ nuclear weapons. …read more Source:...
Ukraine leaders says truce deal ‘not working’ (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko slammed a month-old peace deal with pro-Russian rebels as “not working” Sunday as a pro-government militia member was killed in continuing clashes. …read more Source: The West...
Russia to fete a year with Crimea back in the fold (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia is gearing up to celebrate the one year anniversary on Monday of Crimea voting to leave Ukraine and join the Russian state in a takeover blasted as illegal in the West but seen at home as a triumph for Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: The West...
Russia was ready for a ‘nuclear state of alert’ over Crimea: Putin
Russia was ready to bring its nuclear weapons into a state of alert during last year’s tensions over the Crimean Peninsula, President Vladimir Putin says. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Russia nuclear ready over Crimea: Putin (AP)
President Vladimir Putin says Russia was ready to bring its nuclear weapons to a state of alert during last year’s Crimea crisis. …read more Source: The West...
Russia nuclear ready over Crimea: Putin
President Vladimir Putin says Russia was ready to bring its nuclear weapons to a state of alert during last year’s Crimea crisis. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ethnic Czechs move from Ukraine to former homeland
PRAGUE (AP) ” The Czech president has greeted a group of Ukrainians of Czech decent who have accepted his country’s offer to move back to their former homeland because of the turmoil in Ukraine.Czech authorities have granted permanent… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Putin: Russia helped Yanukovych flee Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” In a new documentary about Russia’s annexation of Crimea, President Vladimir Putin says Russian forces helped ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych escape to Russia.The documentary is being shown Sunday on state… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Japanese ex-PM visits ‘peaceful’ Crimea
A former Japanese prime minister has returned to Tokyo from a controversial trip to Crimea. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian doctors visit pilot in Moscow jail (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian doctors have visited pilot Nadiya Savchenko in her Moscow prison for the first time since her capture nine months ago, Ukraine’s government said Saturday. …read more Source: The West...
