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Author: RNZ

A New Zealand aid worker in Kyiv says the ReliefAid group he leads was one of the first to provide food in the suburb of Bucha - northwest of Kyiv - where Russian troops executed 150 civilians.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/465017/no-8-wire-mentality-used-in-kiwi-aid-effort-in-ukraine
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Author: Associated Press

Ukrainian forces dug in while Russia lined up more firepower on Monday and tapped a decorated general as war commander ahead of a potentially decisive showdown in eastern Ukraine that experts said could start within days with a full-scale offensive.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/04/10/full-scale-russian-offensive-in-eastern-ukraine-looming/
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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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The UK's defence ministry said that Russian forces were targeting civilians, a day after a missile attack on a train station crowded with women, children and the elderly killed at least 52 people, according to Ukrainian officials.

Russia was focusing its offensive, which included cruise missiles launched by its naval forces, on the eastern Donbas region, the British ministry said in a daily briefing.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/464989/uk-defence-ministry-says-russia-targeting-civilians-in-ukraine
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Author: Molly Swift
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Radio messages proving Russian forces have deliberately murdered civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha have been reportedly intercepted by German intelligence.

The intercepted messages claim to hear Russian soldiers openly discussing shooting civilians making it seem as though the atrocities perpetrated on civilians in Bucha were not random acts but rather a planned attack.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/04/intercepted-messages-of-russian-forces-allegedly-show-they-re-deliberately-murdering-ukraine-civilians.html
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Author: Edith M Lederer

The UN General Assembly has voted to suspend Russia from the organisation's leading human rights body over allegations of horrific rights violations by Russian soldiers in Ukraine, which the United States and Ukraine have called tantamount to war crimes.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/300561409/un-assembly-suspends-russia-from-top-human-rights-body
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Author: Nick Perry and David Rising

A security alliance between China and the Solomon Islands has sent shudders throughout the South Pacific, with many worried it could set off a large-scale military buildup or that Western animosity towards the deal could play into China’s hands.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/south-pacific/300560809/chinas-security-deal-with-solomons-raises-alarm-in-pacific
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