Section: Australia&NZ
Russia denies its vehicles destroyed in Ukraine
NATO on Friday said a Russian military column ventured overnight into Ukraine, and the Ukrainian president said his forces destroyed most of it. Russia denied all of this, but the reports spooked global markets and overshadowed optimism… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Stocks overcome a midday tumble on Ukraine
NEW YORK (AP) The stock market recovered from a midday swoon caused by the latest worries over Ukraine and ended little changed.The Standard & Poor’s 500 index ended pretty much where it started the day on Friday, at 1,955 points,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Merkel to Putin: Halt flow of arms to Ukraine
BERLIN (AP) The German government says Chancellor Angela Merkel has pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the flow of military goods and personnel into Ukraine ahead of a weekend meeting of foreign ministers aimed at easing… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine blows up Russian military vehicles
There are fears Ukraine and Russia tensions could spill into all-out war after a Russian military convoy was blown up. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Donetsk rebel leader appeals for Russian aid (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – The head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko, said Friday that the inhabitants desperately need Russian humanitarian aid and accused Ukraine of deliberately stalling its arrival. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine blows up Russian military vehicles (AFP)
There are fears Ukraine and Russia tensions could spill into all-out war after a Russian military convoy was blown up. …read more Source: The West...
Why global turmoil hasn’t sunk US markets. Yet.
NEW YORK (AP) Europe appears on the brink of another recession. Islamic militants have seized Iraqi territory. Russian troops have massed on the Ukraine border, and the resulting sanctions are disrupting trade. An Ebola outbreak… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine says it destroyed Russian military vehicles that had crossed the border
Russia calls claims ‘some kind of fantasy’ but NATO agrees there was an incursion into Ukraine, while avoiding the term invasion. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Russian defence ministry denies military convoy entered Ukraine (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – The Russian defence ministry denied Friday that it had sent a military convoy into Ukraine after officials in Kiev said they destroyed part of the armoured column. …read more Source: The West...
EU ministers ‘alarmed’ by Russian troops in Ukraine (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – EU ministers urged Russia on Friday to put an “immediate stop” to all forms of hostilities near the Ukrainian border after reports that a Russian armoured convoy had entered conflict-torn eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
