Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine expects $5B loan from IMF in ‘coming days’
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukraine’s finance minister says the country is expecting to receive $5 billion in credit from the International Monetary Fund in the coming days” the first in a sought-for series of bailout loans the government… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US blacklists Ukraine separatists, Crimea bank (AFP)
Washington (AFP) – The United States stepped up pressure on Ukraine separatists Wednesday, announcing economic sanctions on rebel leaders and their alleged Russian supporters, and on the largest bank in Crimea. …read more Source: The West...
US to send more aid, small drones to Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) ” U.S. officials say Vice President Joe Biden is telling the Ukraine president that the U.S. will send more aid to the country. That will include small drones and armored Humvees.Biden delivered the news in a call… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US unveils more sanctions related to Russia-Ukraine conflict
WASHINGTON (AP) ” The United States is slapping new sanctions on several individuals and entities involved in supporting Russian-backed separatists seeking to destabilize eastern Ukraine.The penalties target 14 Ukrainian and Russian… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russian ‘reign of terror’ in Ukraine
THE top US diplomat for Europe says Crimea and eastern Ukraine were subject to a “reign of terror”. …read more Source: THE...
Merkel won’t attend Moscow WWII Victory Day parade (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel won’t attend a May 9 Victory Day parade in Moscow but will visit the Russian capital a day later, her office said Wednesday, amid tensions over the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source: The West...
Russia says it has the right to deploy nuclear weapons in Crimea: reports
Russia has the right to deploy nuclear arms in the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, a Foreign Ministry official said, adding he knew of no plans to do so. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
NATO chief: Ukraine cease-fire monitors must get full access
CASTEAU, Belgium (AP) ” NATO’s secretary-general is insisting international observers be given the freedom of movement and the protection they need to monitor the cease-fire in Ukraine.Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that if monitors… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
German foreign minister heads to US to talk Ukraine, Iran
BERLIN (AP) ” Germany’s foreign minister is heading to the U.S. for talks with American officials at a critical phase of the nuclear negotiations with Iran and the Ukraine crisis.Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in a statement Wednesday… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US lifts sanctions on Belarus energy company
MINSK, Belarus (AP) ” The United States is lifting sanctions on a Belarus energy company, underscoring a thaw in relations in the wake of Minsk’s key role in negotiations over Ukraine.The US announced online that it was lifting… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
