Category : News
Author: Reuters

Western leaders meeting in Brussels on Thursday agreed to strengthen their forces in Eastern Europe, increase military aid to Ukraine and tighten sanctions on Russia whose invasion and bombardment of its neighbour entered a second month.

At an unprecedented summit of transatlantic alliance NATO, G7 rich nations and European leaders to address the continent's biggest military crisis since the 1990s Balkans wars, new battle groups were announced for four Eastern European nations.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/03/ukraine-invasion-western-nations-to-bolster-aid.html
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Category : News
Author: RNZ

The Taliban have backtracked on their announcement that high schools would open for girls, saying they would remain closed until a plan was drawn up in accordance with Islamic law for them to reopen.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/463931/afghanistan-girls-in-tears-over-chaotic-taliban-schools-u-turn
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Category : News
Author: Giles Dexter

The United States has assessed that members of Russia's forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday, adding that Washington's conclusion was based on a "careful review" of available information from public and intelligence sources.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/03/russia-ukraine-war-us-says-russian-forces-have-committed-war-crimes.html
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Category : News
Author: Reuters

Russia will seek payment in roubles for gas sold to "unfriendly" countries, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday, and European gas prices soared on concerns the move would exacerbate the region's energy crunch.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/03/russia-ukraine-war-vladimir-putin-s-shocking-request-to-unfriendly-countries.html
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Author: Reuters

A veteran aide of President Vladimir Putin has resigned over the Ukraine war and left Russia with no intention to return, two sources said on Wednesday, the first senior official to break with the Kremlin since Putin launched his invasion a month ago.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/03/ukraine-invasion-vladimir-putin-adviser-anatoly-chubais-reportedly-quits-over-ukraine-war-leaves-russia.html
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The owners of two fuel stations in the US are suing a rival company, claiming it's not slapping a high enough price tag on its petrol.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/03/bp-and-shell-stations-sue-rival-for-selling-petrol-too-cheaply.html
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Category : Opinion
Author: James Headley

Like Stalin, Putin thinks nations can be defined objectively, and he has declared there is no Ukrainian nation separate from the Russian one. History matters for national identity, but sometimes serves as a tool for aggressive nationalism. 

Article: A mock funeral ceremony for Vladimir Putin as Adolf Hitler outside the Russian embassy in Kyiv in 2015.
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Category : Analysis
Author: Jonathan Beale

Russia has one of the largest and most powerful armed forces in the world, but that has not been apparent in its initial invasion of Ukraine. Many military analysts in the West have been surprised by its performance on the battlefield so far, with one describing it as "dismal".

Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-60798352
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