Section: Australia&NZ
Kiev threatens to rip up truce
THE Ukrainian President was meeting security chiefs today to re-examine an already teetering peace accord. …read more Source: THE...
Ukraine leaders hold crisis talks on peace plan (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and his defence chiefs are to meet Tuesday on the future of an already teetering peace accord with pro-Russian rebels, as the insurgents swore in their leaders after controversial polls. …read more Source: The West...
AP PHOTOS: Top pictures from Europe and Africa
LONDON (AP) On the week when the world celebrated Halloween, pro-Russian rebels came up with a tactic to scare Ukraine’s pro-Western government in Kiev holding a rebel election in separatist eastern Ukraine. Ukraine and the West… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine rebel leader sworn in after vote
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) The leader of separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine has been officially sworn in after an election that has been roundly condemned by the West as destabilizing.Alexander Zakharchenko was inaugurated Tuesday… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Merkel underlines displeasure over Russian role
BERLIN (AP) German Chancellor Angela Merkel is underlining her displeasure over Russia’s role in eastern Ukraine and saying there’s no reason yet to lift European Union sanctions.Russia supported rebel-organized elections in eastern… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine crisis deepens after rebel vote
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called an emergency meeting of his security chiefs for Tuesday to discuss new ways of dealing with the separatist challenge in the east after rebel elections that were denounced by Kiev and the West. …read more Source:...
Russia recognises Ukraine separatists, provoking new sanctions threat
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has announced that it will “respect the will” of separatist voters in eastern Ukraine, in defiance of international warnings that their actions were illegal. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
US calls Ukraine elections a ‘sham’
The United States branded as a “sham” elections held by pro-Russian separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine over the weekend, saying they were illegal and illegitimate. …read more Source: ABC...
US condemns Ukrainian separatist vote as ‘sham’
WASHINGTON (AP) The United States is condemning rebel-organized elections in eastern Ukraine as a sham and chiding Russia for supporting them.White House spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan says the elections held Sunday violated Ukraine’s… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia blocks UN criticism of Ukraine vote
Russia has opposed a UN Security Council move to criticise elections held by pro-Moscow rebels in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
