Section: Australia&NZ
Global markets rise despite weak data from US and Europe
Global markets rose overnight, after a perceived easing in tension between Russia and Ukraine helped overshadowed some weak data. …read more Source: ABC...
US warns Russia over Ukraine convoy
RAISING the stakes in Ukraine’s conflict, a Russian aid convoy of more than 200 trucks pushed up to the border but then stopped. …read more Source: THE...
Is Putin changing tack on Ukraine?
IN a surprising change in tone, President Vladimir Putin has said Russia would do everything in its power to halt the bloody conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Putin tones down rhetoric on Ukraine
YALTA, Crimea (AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to a much-hyped meeting in Crimea amid expectations of more saber-rattling over Ukraine, but he instead struck a conciliatory note and called for peace in a speech Thursday… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Igor Strelkov: mysterious Russian who led Ukraine rebels (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – An alleged Russian intelligence colonel with an obsession for reenacting historical battles, Igor Strelkov, who quit as a key rebel chief on Thursday, was a driving force behind the brutal pro-Moscow insurgency tearing apart east Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Russian convoy rolls on towards Ukraine as fighting intensifies (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – A massive Russian “humanitarian” convoy closed in on Ukraine’s border Thursday despite doubts over whether the trucks would be allowed across, and as deadly fighting rocked rebel-held strongholds. …read more Source: The West...
Putin says Russia should not ‘fence itself off’ from West (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia should not “fence itself off from the outside world” despite a plunge in East-West relations over the pro-Kremlin insurgency in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Slovak PM critical of Ukraine for sanctions
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) Slovakia’s prime minister has criticized Ukraine for preparing sanctions against Russia.Robert Fico says “it’s weird” that Ukraine, which has an association agreement with the 28-nation European Union… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russian aid convoy heads for east Ukraine
A massive Russian aid convoy bound for civilians in eastern Ukraine is pushing toward the embattled city of Luhansk. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Disputed Russian convoy approaches southeastern Ukraine (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – A Russian aid convoy that Kiev fears Moscow could use to help arm pro-Kremlin insurgents moved closer to separatist southeastern Ukraine on Thursday, a Russian emergencies ministry spokesman said. …read more Source: The West...
