Section: Australia&NZ
Officials in Ukraine’s Donetsk region say 34 people have died in hostilities in past 24 hours.
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) Officials in Ukraine’s Donetsk region say 34 people have died in hostilities in past 24 hours. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Clashes kill 34 civilians in Ukraine’s Donetsk region: official (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Fierce fighting between government forces and pro-Russian rebels has killed 34 civilians over the past 24 hours in east Ukraine’s Donetsk region, local authorities said Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
Protesters plant Ukraine flag on Moscow skyscraper
MOSCOW (AP) Protesters have scaled one of Moscow’s famed Stalin-era skyscrapers and painted the Soviet star on its spire in the national colors of Ukraine.They also attached a yellow and blue Ukrainian flag to the top of the 176-meter… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Fighting outside key Ukrainian city kills 9 troops
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) A Ukrainian official says nine troops were killed in overnight fighting in the streets of the town of Ilovaysk, which lies just east of the rebel stronghold Donetsk.Anton Herashchenko, an adviser to the Ukrainian… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine’s rebel capital seeks ersatz normality
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) It has been weeks since Donetsk last had a traffic jam.The regular rumble on the edge of this besieged city in eastern Ukraine is a constant reminder of the government’s effort to shell armed pro-Russian separatists… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Drop in Russian beer sales hurts Carlsberg
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) Beer sales in Russia, Ukraine and other Eastern European countries are down and expected to keep falling as political tensions weigh on the region’s economy, brewer Carlsberg said Wednesday.The Danish company… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Poroshenko, Putin to attend Ukraine crisis talks
Russia and Ukraine said their presidents would meet together with top European Union officials next week to discuss their confrontation over Ukraine which has plunged relations to an all-time low. …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine says battles rage in heart of rebel-held Lugansk (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine said Tuesday fighting had erupted in the heart of major rebel stronghold Lugansk, as the bodies of 17 civilians fleeing the city were recovered from wreckage of their destroyed convoy. …read more Source: The West...
Russia vows to strengthen navy to ward off NATO (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia announced plans Tuesday to bolster its navy with more advanced weapons in response to NATO’s vow to halt the Kremlin’s push into Ukraine and feared expansion into eastern Europe. …read more Source: The West...
Putin, Poroshenko to meet EU officials August 26 (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko will meet with top EU officials in Belarus next week. …read more Source: The West...
