Category : News
Author: Seni Iasona

Former Defence Minister Wayne Mapp backs the Government's move to dispatch 50 troops to Europe to help with the logistics of moving weapons into Ukraine. 

Mapp told Newshub that given New Zealand's distance from the war the move to help with logistics makes sense. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/04/former-defence-minister-wayne-mapp-backs-government-s-move-to-dispatch-50-troops-to-europe.html
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Category : Defence
Author: Thomas Manch

The Government will send a C130 Hercules aircraft to Europe to help move donated military provisions to Ukraine, and will provide millions of dollars for weapons to arm Ukrainian soldiers.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/128332017/new-zealand-to-send-air-force-hercules-to-europe-to-assist-ukraine-military-aid-effort
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Category : Opinion
Author: Geoffrey Miller

Opinion - Will New Zealand provide lethal aid to Ukraine? Answering this deceptively simple question is becoming a challenge for Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her foreign minister Nanaia Mahuta.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside/465074/geoffrey-miller-jacinda-ardern-and-nanaia-mahuta-struggle-in-ukraine-lethal-aid-debate
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Category : News
Author: Katie Scotcher

MPs are debating whether to haul the Russian ambassador before them for questioning, after he twice rebuffed their requests.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/465038/ukraine-mps-debate-summoning-russian-ambassador-before-nz-parliament
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Category : News
Author: Associated Press

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is committed to pressing for peace despite Russian attacks on civilians that have stunned the world, and he renewed his plea for countries to send more weapons ahead of an expected surge in fighting in the country's east.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/04/09/zelensky-seeks-peace-despite-atrocities-against-civilians/
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Category : News
Author: Reuters

Russian forces fired rockets into Ukraine's Luhansk and Dnipro regions on Sunday, Ukrainian officials said, completely destroying an airport and wounding at least five people.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/04/ukraine-invasion-russian-rockets-destroy-dnipro-airport-wounding-at-least-five-people.html
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