Section: Australia&NZ
US plan to send Kiev $1.3bn in weapons
BOTH sides of congress called on Washington to send $US1 billion in arms to Ukraine. …read more Source: THE...
Poland sees need for greater NATO, EU strength over Ukraine
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ” Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski says since the region’s security is getting worse due to the fighting in eastern Ukraine, the West should work to strengthen Ukraine as well as NATO and the 28-nation European… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Putin, Poroshenko to meet for landmark talks on Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin will travel to Minsk for a Ukraine peace summit on Wednesday along with the leaders of Ukraine, France and Germany, the Kremlin said. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Germany: Merkel going to Minsk but result still uncertain
BERLIN (AP) ” Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman is confirming that the German leader will travel to Minsk for the planned summit with the Russian, Ukrainian and French presidents.Steffen Seibert said the fact that Wednesday evening’s… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Fighting in Ukraine continues ahead of peace talks
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) ” Fighting continued to rage in eastern Ukraine Wednesday ahead of crucial peace talks later in the day.Shelling rocked a bus station in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, where an Associated Press reporter saw… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
French gov’t: ‘Problems remain’ in Ukraine negotiations
PARIS (AP) ” The French foreign minister says “quite a number of problems remain” in negotiations aimed at ending fighting in eastern Ukraine.Laurent Fabius told France Inter radio that just hours before a four-way summit Wednesday… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
At least one dead in attack on Ukraine bus station
At least one person has been killed after a shell hit a bus station in the centre of rebel-controlled Donetsk city, east Ukraine, a Reuters witness said. …read more Source:...
Ukraine ceasefire negotiations continue as does the fighting
The human toll of the Ukraine conflict is rising as negotiations for a meaningful and lengthy ceasefire take place in Minsk on Wednesday. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Top Republican, House Dem back lethal aid to Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) ” The top Republican and Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee are calling for $1 billion in lethal defensive aid to Ukraine.Rep. Mac Thornberry and Rep. Adam Smith of Washington state introduced legislation… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US presses Russia on Ukraine peace deal
US President Barack Obama has called his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to discuss escalating violence in eastern Ukraine, urging him to embrace a negotiated solution. …read more Source:...
