Category : News
Author: Reuters & Ashleigh Yates

Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Saturday (local time) his Wagner fighters had crossed the border into Russia from Ukraine and were prepared to go "all the way" against Moscow's military, hours after the Kremlin accused him of armed mutiny.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2023/06/ukraine-invasion-russia-orders-arrest-of-wagner-boss-accused-of-mutiny-he-says-his-fighters-have-entered-russia.html
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Category : Analysis
Author: William Hewett & Scott Palmer

Russian President Vladimir Putin has delivered an emergency televised address on Saturday night (NZ time) after the chief of the Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin launched an armed rebellion. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2023/06/russia-crisis-putin-accuses-wagner-boss-yevgeny-prigozhin-of-treason-as-mercenary-forces-head-towards-moscow.html
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Category : News
Author: CNN

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the bombastic chief of Russia's private mercenary group Wagner, appears to be falling out of favor fast in Moscow, after he unleashed a tirade against the Russian military on Friday and vowed to retaliate against its leaders.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2023/06/russia-crisis-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-conflict-between-wagner-boss-yevgeny-prigozhin-and-moscow.html
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Category : News
Author: Reuters

President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that his deployment of tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, something he confirmed for the first time had already happened, was a reminder to the West that it could not inflict a strategic defeat on Russia.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2023/06/ukraine-invasion-russian-president-vladimir-putin-says-he-s-putting-nuclear-bombs-in-belarus-as-warning-to-west.html
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The Australian federal government has announced it will introduce legislation to ban Nazi symbols and the sale of goods-for-profit featuring Nazi symbols.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/491588/australia-to-ban-nazi-symbols-but-not-the-swastika-or-salute
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Category : Analysis
Author: Guy Faulconbridge

When Putin sent troops into Ukraine on February 24 last year, he called it "a special military operation" - a euphemism the Kremlin, Russian ministers and state media mostly stuck to, even coining a new Russian acronym, the "SVO".

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/491618/increasing-talk-of-war-in-russia-worrying-sign-of-escalation
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Author: Reuters

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen vowed on Saturday (local time) to maintain the status quo of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait amid high tensions with China, which has stepped up military pressure on the democratically governed island.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2023/05/taiwan-president-tsai-ing-wen-says-war-is-not-an-option-amid-china-tensions.html
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Category : Opinion
Author: Richard Kemp

OPINION: In recent weeks, optimism has been the main feature of analysis regarding Ukraine’s chances this summer, as Kyiv gears up for a major offensive.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/300865236/whisper-it-but-ukraine-may-no-longer-be-winning
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