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Author: Molly Swift

A nine-year-old Ukrainian girl that lost her arm and father after being gunned down by Russian forces hopes the soldiers "didn't mean to hurt her".

The girl, known only as Sasha, was trying to flee Kyiv with her family when Russian soldiers opened fire on their car and then the family as they ran on foot to shelter.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/03/9yo-ukrainian-girl-hopes-russians-didn-t-mean-to-hurt-me-after-losing-arm-and-father-in-attack.html
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Author: Reuters

The United States and other NATO members said on Wednesday (local time) they would keep helping Ukraine fight off Russia's invasion, while also adapting the alliance's own security to the "new reality" triggered by the war.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/03/nato-vows-to-keep-helping-ukraine-fight-off-russia-while-adapting-to-new-reality.html
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Author: Reuters

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged American lawmakers to do more to protect his country from Russia's invasion in an address to the US Congress on Wednesday (local time) in which he pleaded with President Joe Biden to be the world's "leader of peace."

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/03/ukraine-invasion-president-volodymyr-zelenskyy-tells-us-president-joe-biden-to-be-world-s-leader-of-peace.html
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Author: Lisette Reymer

While Russian forces have struggled to make rapid headway in their efforts to topple the capital, they have made greater inroads in the south. 

Advancing from the annexed Russian-held region of Crimea, troops have surrounded the battered city of Mariupol and captured Melitopol and Kherson.  

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/03/russian-ukraine-war-odesa-becomes-military-fortress-so-it-doesn-t-fall-to-russian-forces.html
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Author: Geoffrey Miller

International analyst Geoffrey Miller puts New Zealand's new humanitarian visa policy for Ukrainians under the microscope and considers the implications of claims of a potential role for China in Russia's war against Ukraine

ANALYSIS: With the Russia Sanctions Act now in place, New Zealand this week turned its focus to humanitarian assistance for Ukrainians fleeing the war. UN figures on Monday showed that some 2.8 million refugees had left Ukraine since the war began.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/03/geoffrey-miller-russia-ukraine-war-potentially-huge-consequences-for-nz-if-china-assists-russia.html
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Author: Reuters

Three European prime ministers headed to Kyiv by train on Tuesday (local time) for the first visit of its kind since war began, even as buildings there were ablaze and rescue workers were trying to pull survivors from the rubble of fresh Russian bombardment.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/03/ukraine-invasion-three-european-prime-ministers-visit-kyiv-as-president-volodymyr-zelenskiy-hints-at-nato-compromise.html
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Author: Reuters

Ukraine said it held "hard" talks on a ceasefire, immediate withdrawal of troops and security guarantees with Russia on Monday (local time), despite the fatal shelling of a residential building in Kyiv.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/03/ukraine-says-hard-peace-talks-on-ceasefire-troop-withdrawal-security-guarantees-held-with-russia-despite-kyiv-apartment-block-shelled.html
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