Section: Australia&NZ
Radek Sikorski replaced as Polish foreign minister
WARSAW, Poland (AP) Poland’s prime minister-designate has named a new foreign minister to replace Radek Sikorski, who has been a forceful voice internationally on the conflict in Ukraine.Ewa Kopacz replaced Sikorski with Grzegorz… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Families of MH17 crash victims ‘to get full compensation’
Malaysia Airlines has said full compensation will be paid to families of the victims of the MH17 crash, after a news article earlier this week raised doubts.MH17 was shot out of the sky over Ukraine in July, killing all 298 people… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US giving $59 million in new aid for Ukraine’s struggle with Russian incursion
Military aid will not include lethal weaponary but will assist Ukraine in demining and mortar fire detection. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Obama condemns Russian ‘aggression’ in Ukraine
Barack Obama condemns Russian ‘aggression’ as he welcomes Ukraine leader Petro Poroshenko to the White House. …read more Source: ABC...
Russia evicts Crimean Tatars from assembly (AFP)
Simferopol (AFP) – Russian authorities have ordered Crimean Tatars to leave their assembly building, in a move that the leader of the ethnic minority — which opposed Russia’s annexing of Crimea from Ukraine — called a return to Soviet oppression. …read more Source: The West...
AP Sources: US offers Ukraine $46M in security aid
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama will announce $46 million in new security assistance for the Ukrainian military, including equipment to help detect incoming artillery fire. But he will stop short of fulfilling Ukraine’s request… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia ‘moves troops in Crimea’ ahead of Ukraine-US meet (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Kiev accused Moscow on Thursday of massing its troops in annexed Crimea on the Ukraine border, rattling nerves just as President Petro Poroshenko prepared to meet US counterpart Barack Obama. …read more Source: The West...
Russia ‘massing troops in Crimea’
UKRAINE has accused Russia of massing 4000 troops along the Crimea border, rattling nerves. …read more Source:...
Three BBC journalists ‘badly beaten’ in Russia
A team of BBC journalists has been assaulted in Russia while researching a story about soldiers “being killed at the Ukraine border.” …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine reports sporadic violations of cease-fire
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) The city council in Donetsk says no deaths were reported in fighting overnight, one of the quietest nights recently in eastern Ukraine.However, Col. Andriy Lysenko, spokesman for Ukraine’s National Security… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
