Category : News
Author: Zane Small

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern "absolutely accepts" the global security situation has "changed considerably" in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. 

"These events demonstrate the changing strategic environment that New Zealand is operating in," Ardern said in Parliament on Tuesday, in response to questions from ACT leader David Seymour. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/04/ukraine-war-prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-absolutely-accepts-global-security-situation-has-changed-considerably.html
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Category : News
Author: Emile Donovan

New Zealand and Australia have expressed concern over a new security deal between China and Solomon Islands. The Detail takes a closer look at whether that concern is warranted, or whether it's geopolitical business as usual.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018836909/should-nz-be-worried-about-the-china-solomons-security-deal
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Author: Reuters

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday (local time) it had become harder for his country to negotiate with Russia since Kyiv became aware of the scale of atrocities carried out by Russian troops in Ukraine.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/04/ukraine-invasion-ukrainian-president-volodymyr-zelenskiy-says-russian-war-crimes-in-ukraine-make-negotiations-harder.html
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Author: Oleksandr Stashevskyi and Nebi Qena

Warning: This article contains graphic content that may be distressing.

Moscow faced a new wave of revulsion and accusations of war crimes Monday after the Russian pullout from the outskirts of Kyiv revealed streets strewn with corpses of what appeared to be civilians, some of whom had seemingly been killed deliberately at close range.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/300558310/russia-faces-new-wave-of-revulsion-and-outrage-over-bodies-in-ukraines-streets
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Author: Nataliya Vasilyeva

At least two Russian soldiers died and nearly three dozen were taken to intensive care after eating poisoned pastries offered by Ukrainian villagers, Ukraine’s intelligence says.

Residents of a village near the town of Izyum reportedly "treated" the troops of Russia's 3rd Motor Rifle infantry division to the traditional "pirozhki", which resemble a Cornish pastry, laced with an unknown poison.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/300558249/two-russian-soldiers-dead-and-28-in-hospital-after-eating-poisoned-pastries-from-ukrainian-villagers
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Author: Mark Willacy, Josh Robertson, Stephanie March and Kyle Taylor

Secret documents have revealed the eyewitness accounts of New Zealand special forces soldiers who accused an Australian SAS operator of brutalising the corpses of two militiamen in the aftermath of a fierce firefight in East Timor in 1999.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/464639/investigation-uncovers-shocking-nz-sas-statements-about-australian-soldier-in-east-timor
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Author: RNZ

Further sanctions targeting 36 Russians - oligarchs and their family members - are coming into force at midnight tonight, Minister of Foreign Affairs Nanaia Mahuta has announced.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/464629/more-russian-oligarchs-added-to-new-zealand-sanctions-register
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