Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine ministers pledge corruption fight to win aid (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – Top Ukraine ministers vowed Tuesday to root out graft in what they called the most corrupt country in Europe to meet the demands made by international partners before they stump up more aid. …read more Source: The West...
First full overnight truce in Ukraine’s rebel east
Ukraine’s separatist east passed the night into Tuesday (local time) without any shooting, President Petro Poroshenko said, hailing the first such stretch of calm as a positive sign for the next steps in a peace plan. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Ukraine presses EU for more aid, blasts Russia (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – Ukraine used the first meeting Monday of a landmark council with the EU to press for more financial support as it pushed ahead with reforms in the face of Russian “aggression.” …read more Source: The West...
US lawmakers press Obama to back Russian sanctions
WASHINGTON (AP) ” Republicans and Democrats spoke with one voice on Monday in pressing President Barack Obama to sign legislation that would slap new sanctions on Russia while providing weapons and other assistance to Ukraine.The… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine prime minister asks NATO, EU for more help
BRUSSELS (AP) ” Ukraine’s prime minister on Monday asked NATO to do more to help his country’s military, which has been unable to quell a pro-Russian insurgency, and called for an urgent increase in financial aid from the European… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
UN: Ukraine forces, rebels using torture
The United Nations has released a damning report accusing Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed rebels of torturing and indiscriminately shelling civilians. …read more Source:...
As Ukraine truce holds, Russia vows economic pain
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Fighting in eastern Ukraine between government troops and Russian-backed separatist forces has ground almost to halt. That should be good news for Ukraine, but Russia looks intent to pile on the economic misery.In… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
UN says death toll in eastern Ukraine up to 4,707
GENEVA (AP) ” The U.N. human rights office says at least 4,707 people have been killed and 10,322 wounded in the conflict-affected areas of eastern Ukraine.It says more than 5 million people are living in the conflict areas where… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
France, Germany discuss Ukraine crisis with Poroshenko (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – The leaders of France and Germany discussed a shaky ceasefire deal and economic reforms for Ukraine in a telephone call with President Petro Poroshenko on Sunday. …read more Source: The West...
Kerry, Lavrov meet as tensions soar over Ukraine (AFP)
Rome (Italy) (AFP) – Top US diplomat John Kerry met his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov Sunday, amid anger in Moscow over the prospect of new US sanctions and possible lethal military aid for Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
