Section: Australia&NZ
Russian FM pledges cooperation with West to combat terror
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russia’s foreign minister says Moscow is continuing to cooperate with the West on fighting terrorism despite tensions over Ukraine.Sergey Lavrov said in a press conference Wednesday that Russian security agencies have… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia to seek immediate ceasefire at Ukraine talks
The Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov says he will seek an immediate ceasefire in east Ukraine at talks in Berlin with the foreign ministers of Ukraine, Germany and France. …read more Source: ABC...
Russian FM says Ukraine peace talks to focus on frontline
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russia’s foreign minister says talks with his counterparts from Ukraine, France and Germany will focus on pulling back heavy weapons from a frontline in east Ukraine.Sergey Lavrov, who is set to attend the talks in… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
West trying to throttle Russia’s economy, overthrow Putin: Kremlin (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Western countries are trying to use the Ukraine conflict to topple President Vladimir Putin and wreck Russia’s economy, the president’s spokesman said in an interview published on Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
Five civilians dead as fresh battles rock east Ukraine’s Donetsk (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Fresh clashes between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels rocked Donetsk in the country’s war-torn east Wednesday, killing at least five civilians and wounding 29 others ahead of high-stakes peace talks, officials said. …read more Source: The West...
Russian forces ‘attack’ Ukraine troops
UKRAINE has accused Russia of attacking its soldiers after crossing into the ex-Soviet state’s war-wrecked separatist east in violation of a truce deal. …read more Source: THE...
AIDS crisis brewing in Crimea and east Ukraine says UN (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – A lethal health crisis is brewing in Russian-annexed Crimea and war-torn eastern Ukraine, where injecting drug users have lost access to therapy to wean them off heroin, the UN’s AIDS envoy said Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine accuses Russian troops of attacking separatist east
Ukraine accuses Russian forces of attacking its soldiers after crossing over into the ex-Soviet state’s war-wrecked separatist east in violation of a September truce deal. …read more Source: ABC...
World has duty to ensure Ukraine’s ‘success’: EU (AFP)
Washington (AFP) – The European Union has not forgotten Crimea, the bloc’s foreign policy chief insisted Tuesday, stressing the world’s “first duty” to Ukraine was to ensure it becomes a success. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainian leader cuts short Davos visit as situation ‘worsens’ (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will cut short his visit to an economic forum in Davos, Switzerland, to head home in view of the “worsening situation” in rebel-held eastern Ukraine, his spokesman said Tuesday. …read more Source: The West...
