Category : News
Author: Associated Press

Will President Vladimir Putin pull the nuclear trigger? For Kremlin watchers trying to figure out whether the Russian leader’s nuclear threats are just bluffs, there is no more pressing -- or tough -- question.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/10/05/will-president-vladimir-putin-pull-the-nuclear-trigger/
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His big speech in Red Square... every one there were government workers that were told you go or you will loose your job. No one was actually cheering like it was portrayed on the official video...

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Category : News
Author: Reuters

Russian President Vladimir Putin may finalise his plan to annex four Ukrainian regions later on Tuesday (local time) even as his forces are being pushed back by Ukraine on two separate battlefield fronts, shrinking the amount of seized territory he controls.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/10/ukraine-invasion-russia-forges-ahead-with-annexation-plan-despite-military-retreats.html
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Author: Reuters

As soon as Vladimir Putin announced his military call-up for the faltering war in Ukraine, Timofey and Andrey, two brothers from Moscow, tried to book flights out of the country. But by the time they had logged on, prices had already shot up so fast that they couldn't afford the last remaining tickets out.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/10/ukraine-invasion-russian-men-take-long-road-out-to-escape-mobilisation.html
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Author: Reuters

Ukrainian forces achieved their biggest breakthrough in the south of the country since the war began, bursting through the front and advancing rapidly along the Dnipro River on Monday (local time), threatening supply lines for thousands of Russian troops.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/10/ukraine-invasion-ukrainian-forces-burst-through-russian-lines-in-major-advance-in-south.html
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Category : News
Author: Lori Hinnant, Evgeniy Maloletka and Vasilisa Stepanenko

The first time the Russian soldiers caught Andriy Kotsar, they tossed him bound and blindfolded into a trench covered with wooden boards for days on end.

Then they beat him, over and over: Legs, arms, a hammer to the knees, all accompanied by furious diatribes against Ukraine.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/300703087/beaten-taunted-forced-to-dance-how-russia-sowed-pain-and-fear-in-ukraines-izium-city
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Category : News
Author: Lewis Page

Back during the Cold War there was always a question facing the nations of Nato, as they confronted enormous Soviet tank armies in Europe.

In the event of a conventional war going badly, at what point do we go nuclear?

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/300703046/why-vladimir-putin-would-be-a-fool-to-go-nuclear-in-ukraine
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Author: Source: Associated Press

After being encircled by Ukrainian forces, Russia pulled troops out overnight from an eastern Ukrainian city that it had been using as a front-line hub. It was the latest victory for the Ukrainian counteroffensive that has humiliated and angered the Kremlin.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/10/02/russia-withdraws-troops-from-key-city-after-being-encircled/
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Category : News
Author: Reuters

Ukrainian troops said they had retaken the key bastion of Lyman in occupied eastern Ukraine, a stinging defeat that prompted a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin to call for the possible use of low-grade nuclear weapons.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/10/ukraine-and-russia-what-you-need-to-know-right-now.html
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