Section: Australia&NZ
Russia ‘patient’ after warships delay
RUSSIA says it has no plans to sue after France called off the delivery of new warships over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:...
Rebels urge UN to send peacekeepers into east Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine called Tuesday on the United Nations to convene an emergency Security Council session that could authorise sending international peacekeepers into the war zone. …read more Source: The West...
France halts warship delivery to Russia ‘until further notice’ (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday delayed the controversial delivery of a high-tech warship to Russia “until further notice” over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The West...
France suspends delivery of warship to Russia
PARIS (AP) ” France is suspending the planned delivery of a warship to Russia, citing the “current situation” in eastern Ukraine.In a brief statement Tuesday, the French president’s office announced the suspension, after growing… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
France suspends delivery of warship to Russia, citing situation in Ukraine
PARIS (AP) ” France suspends delivery of warship to Russia, citing situation in Ukraine. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Conditions not right to deliver warship to Russia: France (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – France’s foreign minister Tuesday said the conditions were not right to deliver a high-tech warship to Russia given the Ukraine crisis, as pressure from Moscow grows to hand over the vessel. …read more Source: The West...
Sanctions cost Russia $178 billion
Russia says it is losing billions a year because of Western sanctions over the Ukraine conflict and plunging oil prices, but President Vladimir Putin has dismissed the economic damage as “not fatal”. …read more Source:...
The fear and the chaos of a missile attack in east Ukraine (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – There was a blinding flash, then complete darkness and thick clouds of dust. A missile had just hit Ivan Balabanov’s house in rebel-held east Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Lithuania to supply Ukraine with military aid: Poroshenko
Lithuania will provide Ukraine’s armed forces with military aid to help them in the fight against pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Teenage cadets swear allegiance to Ukraine rebel state (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Not long ago, the cadets at the military academy in east Ukraine’s industrial hub of Donetsk swore allegiance to the Ukrainian flag. …read more Source: The West...
