Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine president suggests NATO referendum
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a law ending his country’s non-aligned status. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Poland offers care to Polish nationals in east Ukraine
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ” Poland is offering evacuation and other forms of care to people of Polish descent who are living amid the fighting in eastern Ukraine.Deputy Foreign Minister Konrad Pawlik led a mission to the Ukrainian cities… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine president suggests NATO referendum (AAP)
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a law ending his country’s non-aligned status. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine drops nonaligned status
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” The Ukrainian president has signed a bill dropping his country’s nonaligned status but signaled that he will hold a referendum before seeking NATO membership.Petro Poroshenko told a news conference on Monday… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Latvia to grapple with Russia as EU president (AFP)
Riga (AFP) – Latvia takes over as European Union president on Thursday, putting it on the front line of negotiations with neighbouring Russia over the deadly crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Kremlin denies deaths in undeclared war
Anton Tumanov gave up his life for his country, but his country won’t say where and it won’t say how.His mother knows. She knows that Tumanov, 20, a junior sergeant in the Russian Army, was killed in eastern Ukraine, torn apart… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine nuke plant unit taken offline
MOSCOW (AP) ” One unit of Ukraine’s Zaporozhiya nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe, has been taken offline because of generator problems.State nuclear power company Energoatom says the unit was disconnected from the electricity… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Visa, MasterCard pull out of Crimea
Visa and MasterCard, announced yesterday they are no longer offering services in Crimea, which has left many Russians unable to pay for festive goods this weekend. …read more Source:...
Crimea building demolition fails twice
Russia now has its very own leaning tower, following a building blast demolition that failed twice in Sevastopol, Crimea. …read more Source:...
Petro Poroshenko hails freed Ukraine ‘warriors’
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has welcomed home as heroes 145 soldiers freed by pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source:...
