Section: Australia&NZ
Sombre Ukrainians mark anniversary of protest killings (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A stream of sombre Ukrainians on Friday laid flowers at memorials on Kiev’s Independence Square where one year ago scores of demonstrators were gunned down in the final act of a dramatic uprising. …read more Source: The West...
AP PHOTOS: A year after Ukraine’s Maidan protests in Kiev
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” The “Heavenly Hundred” is what Ukrainians in Kiev call those who died during months of anti-government protests in 2013-14. The grisliest day was a year ago Friday ” Feb. 20, 2014 ” when sniper fire tore through… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
France, Germany hold out sanctions if Ukraine accords break
PARIS (AP) ” France and Germany have warned that sanctions could be leveled if the Minsk accords to stabilize Ukraine are not respected.President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed for respect for the… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Truce broken 250 times: US
THE leaders of Ukraine, Germany, France and Russia yesterday pledged renewed support for a tattered ceasefire in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: THE...
Parliament: UK, EU ‘sleepwalked’ into Ukraine crisis
LONDON (AP) ” A parliamentary report has accused the British government and European diplomats of “sleepwalking” into the Ukraine crisis.IN a report published Friday, the House of Lords’ EU Committee said it found a “catastrophic… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Pope calls for Ukraine cease-fire to be respected
VATICAN CITY (AP) ” Pope Francis has called for Ukraine’s cease-fire to be respected amid fresh reports by the Ukrainian military that separatist rebels were still firing on government positions and that Russia was sending in more… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ceasefire doesn’t end fighting in Ukraine
Fighting is persisting in east Ukraine despite new efforts from France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia to ensure a ceasefire takes hold. …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine says rebel attacks continue despite cease-fire
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” A Ukrainian military spokesman says separatist rebels fired on Ukrainian positions nearly 50 times over the past day, despite a cease-fire that was called into effect five days ago.Lt. Col. Anatoliy Stelmakh… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Fighting rages in east Ukraine despite bid to revive truce
Fighting raged in eastern Ukraine despite European efforts to resurrect a ceasefire, a day after pro-Russian separatists spurned the truce by forcing thousands of government troops out of a strategic town. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine’s latest defeat confronts West and Obama with costly zero-sum game
Even if Washington were to start shipping weapons, it is likely that Russian-armed separatists will always best Ukrainian national forces. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
