Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine calls up reservists amid tensions with Russia
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president has announced a call-up of reservists amid tensions with Russia.Relations between the two neighbors have strained further following the Nov. 25 incident in which Russia fired upon and seized… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
The tiny town at the centre of Russia-Ukraine conflict
Valentina Boldyreva stepped out of her two-storey house on an overcast and snowy Sunday afternoon to say hello to her 76-year-old sister who lives on the other side of Friendship of Peoples Street, a tall barbed-wire fence separating… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine’s leader: Orthodox faithful to get religious freedom
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president has promised Orthodox parishioners that they will be free to choose their affiliation after the creation of the new autocephalous Ukrainian Orthodox Church.Amid deteriorating ties with Moscow,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Border village grinds to a halt amid Ukraine-Russia tensions
CHERTKOVO, Russia/ MELOVE, Ukraine (AP) — On the map, Chertkovo and Melove is one village, crossed by railroad tracks and a main road called the Friendship of Peoples Street. That slogan still rings true for many locals, but is being… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine urges German naval presence in the Black Sea
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine’s leader has called on Germany and its allies to boost their naval presence in the Black Sea to deter Russia from further aggression in the region.President Petro Poroshenko says Russia has deployed a large… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Putin defiant as Ukraine cites build-up of Russian forces along border
Russian President Vladimir Putin is showing no signs of backing off in the flare-up with Ukraine, defying calls from world leaders to reduce tensions over access to the Sea of Azov. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Mattis cites Putin for ‘duplicitous’ actions on missile pact
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secrertary Jim Mattis is accusing Russian President Vladimir Putin of “duplicitous violation” of a Cold War-era arms treaty and condemning Russian actions in a naval confrontation last weekend with Ukraine.Mattis… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
The Latest: Ukraine: Huge Russian military buildup on border
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The Latest on the current dispute between Russia and Ukraine (all times local):6:25 p.m.Ukraine’s president says Russia is building up land forces and weapons along its border with Ukraine as tensions between… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine stops 100 Russians from entering amid entry ban
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s border service says that around 100 Russian citizens have been denied entry into the country since an entry ban for adult Russian males was announced.Border guards’ spokesman Andrei Demchenko has told… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine blocks entry for Russian men
Ukraine has barred Russian men of military age from entering the country amid an escalating military and diplomatic standoff after last weekend’s naval clash. …read more Source:...
