Category : News

After being encircled by Ukrainian forces, Russia pulled its troops out 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.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/300702726/russia-withdraws-troops-from-lyman-as-ukraines-eastern-counteroffensive-gains-ground
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Category : News
Author: Reuters

Russia said on Saturday (local time) its troops had abandoned a key bastion in occupied eastern Ukraine, a stinging defeat that prompted one of President Vladimir Putin's most hawkish allies to call for Russia to consider resorting to low-grade nuclear weapons.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/10/ukraine-invasion-russian-troops-forced-out-of-eastern-town-lyman-vladimir-putin-ally-suggests-nuclear-response.html
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Author: Reuters

US President Joe Biden

"The United States condemns Russia's fraudulent attempt today to annex sovereign Ukrainian territory. Russia is violating international law, trampling on the United Nations Charter and showing its contempt for peaceful nations everywhere.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/10/russia-ukraine-war-reaction-to-vladimir-putin-proclaiming-annexation-of-ukrainian-lands.html
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Vladimir Putin does have beady little eyes though...

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Author: Reuters

The United States released its first strategy for ties with Pacific island nations on Thursday, the second day of a summit with leaders from the region, pledging to help them fight climate change and rebuff what it called China's "economic coercion."

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/09/united-states-releases-historic-pacific-strategy-promising-to-fight-climate-change-rebuff-china-s-coercion.html
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Author: Reuters

A defiant Vladimir Putin proclaimed Russia's annexation of a swathe of Ukraine in a pomp-filled Kremlin ceremony, promising Moscow would triumph in its "special military operation" against Kyiv even as some of his troops faced potential defeat.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/10/ukraine-invasion-defiant-vladimir-putin-proclaims-annexation-vows-to-win-war.html
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 ...and the rest of the World has said no... even some of Russia's so called allies...

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Category : Defence
Author: RNZ

The New Zealand Defence Force says two Reserve Army soldiers may be in Ukraine, or were there previously.

Following the death of Dominic Abelen, who was killed fighting Russian forces, the military has contacted soldiers on leave without pay to stress they cannot go to Ukraine as per the 'do not travel' advisory.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2022/09/new-zealand-defence-force-says-two-reserve-army-soldiers-may-be-or-were-in-ukraine.html
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