Section: Australia&NZ
French envoy: EU holds off adding fresh Russia sanctions, awaiting developments on Ukraine
BRUSSELS (AP) ” French envoy: EU holds off adding fresh Russia sanctions, awaiting developments on Ukraine. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
1,500 Russian troops, military equipment enter Ukraine: Kiev (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – At least 1,500 Russian troops and convoys of military hardware entered Ukraine over the weekend, the Ukrainian military said on Monday. …read more Source: The West...
EU backs Ukraine talks, weighs fresh sanctions
BRUSSELS (AP) ” European Union foreign ministers have thrown their weight behind fresh diplomatic efforts to end the conflict in Ukraine as they assess whether to expand the EU sanctions list targeting separatists and Russian nationals.Belgian… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Chemical plant in eastern Ukraine catches fire
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) ” An explosion and fire have rocked a chemical plant outside a separatist stronghold in eastern Ukraine. Rebels say it was hit by government shelling.No casualties or damage were immediately reported from the… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Merkel to brief Obama on four-party talks on Ukraine crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) ” President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are trying for a public display of unity despite a potential split over arming Ukrainian fighters to better battle Russian-backed separatists.That was… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Leaders scramble to reach peace deal on Ukraine
The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France have agreed to meet in Belarus to try to broker a peace deal for Ukraine amid escalating violence there. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Russia and Ukraine agree to peace talks with Germany and France
The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France have agreed to meet in Minsk on Wednesday to continue hammering out a new peace plan for eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: ABC...
Putin says Ukrainians have to agree among selves to end crisis (AFP)
Cairo (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said the conflict in Ukraine will continue if rival groups there do not agree among themselves, in comments published Monday ahead of a proposed summit with French, German and Ukrainian leaders. …read more Source: The West...
Russia’s Putin says Kiev on “dead-end track” in east Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Kiev must stop its military operation in east Ukraine and cease exerting economic pressure on rebel-held regions, warning that it was on a “dead-end track fraught with … catastrophe”. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Putin slammed as a ‘tyrant’ as Ukraine peace talks hang by a thread
The West must stand up to Russia over the conflict in Ukraine or Europe could descend into a major war for the first time since 1945, diplomats warned yesterday as efforts to negotiate peace hung by a thread.A former US ambassador… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
