Category : News
Author: Oleksandr Stashevskyi and Nebi Qena

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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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Category : News
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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Author: Zane Small

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has a message for her Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin: "Russia will be held to account". 

Her comments came after Ukraine accused Russia of war crimes in the town of Bucha just outside the capital Kyiv, where a mass grave has been discovered a month after the area was taken over by Russian troops. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/04/prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-s-message-to-russian-president-vladimir-putin-amid-war-crime-accusations.html
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Category : News
Author: Associated Press

The head of Russia's space program says that the future of the International Space Station hangs in the balance after the United States, the European Union, and Canadian space agencies missed a deadline to meet Russian demands for lifting sanctions on Russian enterprises and hardware.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/04/03/future-of-space-station-hanging-in-the-balance-russia-space-chief/
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Author: TVNZ: 1News

The World Health Organisation are monitoring a new Covid-19 variant which is believed to be 10% more transmissible than the BA.2 Omicron subvariant currently sweeping across New Zealand.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/04/03/covid-19-new-xe-variant-possibly-most-transmissible-yet-who/
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