Section: Australia&NZ
Fighter jet shot down 40 km from MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine
Two pro-Russian separatists are seen standing close by as aircraft explodes in mid-air. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Inside besieged Donetsk, civilians shelter from bombardment (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Seven employees of a fitness centre huddled in its basement in the heart of rebel-held Donetsk on Thursday as the centre of the besieged city came under sustained shelling for first time. …read more Source: The West...
NATO chief urges Russia to pull troops back from border
The head of NATO has called on Russia to “step back from the brink” of war by pulling its troops back from the Ukrainian border, warning further intervention in Ukraine will isolate it further. …read more Source: ABC...
Poland speeds up arms deal citing Ukraine conflict
WARSAW, Poland (AP) Poland’s defense ministry says it is accelerating the tender process for its acquisition of new combat helicopters due to the armed conflict in neighboring Ukraine.Spokesman Jacek Sonta said Thursday the ministry… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Alert on Russian troops build-up
A NATO warning of a Russian troop build-up on the border with Ukraine has fuelled fears of a major incursion. …read more Source: THE...
Report: Pro-Russian separatists put Army on alert
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) A news agency says pro-Russian separatists in a breakaway region of Moldova have put their army on alert, claiming they fear military action from their neighbors, Ukraine and Moldova.The Trans-Dniester Tiras… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia extends import ban over Ukraine sanctions
MOSCOW (AP) The Russian government has banned all imports of meat, fish, milk and milk products and fruit and vegetables from the United States, the European Union, Australia, Canada and Norway, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
3 killed, 5 wounded in east Ukraine fighting
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) Overnight shelling in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk killed three people and wounded five as government forces tighten their grip on the pro-Russian rebel stronghold, the city council said Thursday.In… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine looms over European Central Bank meeting
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) The crisis in Ukraine and a hesitant recovery in Europe are casting shadows over the European Central Bank’s meeting.Economists say the monetary authority for the 18 countries that use the euro will look… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Asian shares lower ahead of central bank meetings
TOKYO (AP) Asian stocks were mostly slightly lower in Thursday morning trading, as markets watched for action of the central banks in the U.S., Japan and Europe and worries about the escalating conflict in Ukraine continued to weigh… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
