Category : Defence
Author: Jonathan Killick

The Royal New Zealand Navy is having to cannibalise one of its own ships for a spare part, to bring home a frigate stranded in Australia.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300712735/navy-cannibalising-own-ship-in-auckland-to-bring-home-frigate-stuck-in-sydney
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Don't take this article out of context...they article even states that this is common practise. If a vessel needs a part and another ship or vessel has the part and not needing it while it is in NZ port. It gets sent over to get the vessel home and waiting for the replacement part come from the supplier. This is nothing new...

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Category : News
Author: Lisette Reymer

Ukraine's capital has been struck by kamikaze drones - spreading panic once again through the region - and forcing rescue workers to rush to the scene.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/10/ukraine-invasion-top-kremlin-official-threatens-nuclear-war-if-ukraine-joins-nato.html
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Category : News
Author: Reuters

If Ukraine is admitted into the US-led NATO military alliance, then the conflict in Ukraine would be guaranteed to escalate into World War Three, a Russian Security Council official was quoted as saying on Thursday.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/10/russian-official-warns-of-guaranteed-escalation-into-world-war-iii-if-ukraine-joins-nato.html
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Category : News
Author: Lisette Reymer
Category : News
Author: Reuters

A flurry of military activity in Belarus this week has caught the attention of Ukraine and the West as a potential sign that President Alexander Lukashenko may commit his army in support of Russia's flailing war effort in Ukraine.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/10/ukraine-invasion-with-russian-president-vladimir-putin-under-pressure-belarus-edges-closer-to-joining-war-in-ukraine.html
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Category : News
Author: Reuters

Russia's president said Europe was to blame for its energy crisis with policies that starved the oil and gas industry of investment and said price caps would make it worse, as EU states tried to forge a deal on ways to contain soaring energy costs.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/10/ukraine-invasion-russian-president-vladimir-putin-blames-europe-for-energy-crisis-as-european-union-works-on-remedies.html
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Category : News
Author: Reuters

Russia's Federal Security Service said on Wednesday (local time) that it had detained five Russians and three citizens of Ukraine and Armenia in connection with the bombing of a vital bridge to Crimea, an attack it said was masterminded by Ukraine.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/10/ukraine-invasion-russia-s-fsb-arrests-eight-for-crimean-bridge-bombing.html
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