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China has fully militarised at least three of several islands it built in the disputed South China Sea, arming them with anti-ship and anti-aircraft missile systems, laser and jamming equipment, and fighter jets in an increasingly aggressive move that threatens all nations operating nearby, a top US military commander says.
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Read more: Beijing military build-up 'destabilising' South China Sea
- Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/03/21/beijing-military-build-up-destabilising-south-china-sea/
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The Government is donating body armour and helmets to Ukrainian forces, and will give $5 million to NATO, breaking from New Zealand's traditional aid funding.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/03/new-zealand-donates-body-armour-and-helmets-to-ukraine-5-million-to-nato-breaking-from-traditional-aid-funding.html
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New Zealand is pledging another $5 million in aid to Ukraine, as well as sending body armour and helmets among other equipment.
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Read more: NZ to send body armour, helmets, camouflage vests to Ukraine
- Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/03/21/nz-to-send-body-armour-helmets-camouflage-vests-to-ukraine/
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The Defence Minister is travelling to Fiji and Australia tomorrow for bilateral visits with his counterparts in the Pacific.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/03/peeni-henare-travelling-to-fiji-and-australia-to-increase-collaboration-among-new-zealand-s-key-pacific-defence-partners.html
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Turning out to be one of our worst defence ministers that NZ has ever had... ever.
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she can "see the light" as New Zealand deals with a global cost of living crisis she labels as a "wicked perfect storm".
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/03/prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-says-she-can-see-the-light-as-new-zealand-deals-with-wicked-perfect-storm-cost-of-living-crisis.html
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Like Stalin, Putin thinks nations can be defined objectively, and he has declared there is no Ukrainian nation separate from the Russian one. History matters for national identity, but sometimes serves as a tool for aggressive nationalism.
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Read more: Russia fought against Nazism but is now itself a fascist state
- Article: A mock funeral ceremony for Vladimir Putin as Adolf Hitler outside the Russian embassy in Kyiv in 2015.
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Russia has one of the largest and most powerful armed forces in the world, but that has not been apparent in its initial invasion of Ukraine. Many military analysts in the West have been surprised by its performance on the battlefield so far, with one describing it as "dismal".
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Read more: What have been Russia's military mistakes?
- Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-60798352
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Russian cosmonauts have arrived at the International Space Station wearing Ukrainian colours, in what may be a statement opposing the invasion.
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Read more: Russians board International Space Station in Ukrainian colours
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/463651/russians-board-international-space-station-in-ukrainian-colours
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