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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.  

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Author: Simon Ewing Jarvie

The Ides of March is best known in history for the assassination of Julius Caesar (in 44 BC). In 2022, 15 March marked a turning point in defence force acquisition for New Zealand. There was no media stand-up and smiling announcement from PM Ardern or Defence Minister Henare. Just an entry on the NZ Government Electronic Tender Service stating the project was canned:

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 I will have something to say about this once I gather my thoughts... But now is not the time to be cutting back on defence. We have a very unstable world and our region is no longer the benign area it use to be.
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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.

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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.

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Author: Cristiano Lima and Aaron Schaffer

Weeks into the war in Ukraine, Facebook's parent company Meta is poised to tap its oversight board for guidance about a policy shift allowing users in Ukraine to post some calls for violence against Russian invaders.

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Author: Amelia Wade

New Zealand's opened up a special fast-tracked visa for Ukrainian Kiwis to bring their wider family here to shelter from the war, as well as donating another $4 million in aid - but the ACT Party says we should also be sending firepower.

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Author: RNZ

Petrol prices should have fallen about eight percent or 25 cents a litre overnight, back to what they were three or four three weeks ago.

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Author: China Uncensored

If you want to know what China really thinks about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, look no further than its classroom propaganda. In this episode of China Uncensored, we look at some of the creepy brainwashing of Chinese students (approved by Chinese internet censors) about why Russia invaded Ukraine.

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