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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.

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Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/04/09/zelensky-seeks-peace-despite-atrocities-against-civilians/
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Author: Reuters

Russian forces fired rockets into Ukraine's Luhansk and Dnipro regions on Sunday, Ukrainian officials said, completely destroying an airport and wounding at least five people.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/04/ukraine-invasion-russian-rockets-destroy-dnipro-airport-wounding-at-least-five-people.html
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Author: RNZ

A protest at the former Marsden Point oil refinery is being monitored by the police.

It is not clear how many people might be there.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2022/04/police-monitoring-protest-at-former-marsden-point-oil-refinery.html
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In his inaugural Line of Defence article, Defence Minister Peeni Henare provides his perspectives on the NZDF’s HADR operations in response to the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption.

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Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2022/04/04/defence-minister-lauds-nzdf-tonga-assistance/
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The Papua New Guinea Defence Force has a new leadership centre, built with help from New Zealand, at its Murray Barracks in Port Moresby.

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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.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/464989/uk-defence-ministry-says-russia-targeting-civilians-in-ukraine
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Author: Pallab Ghosh

Scientists just outside Chicago have found that the mass of a sub-atomic particle is not what it should be.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/464915/shock-result-in-particle-experiment-could-spark-physics-revolution
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From bodies strewn over the streets of Bucha, to the missile attack on a railway station filled with fleeing civilians, horrifying images have emerged from Ukraine this week.  

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/04/gerry-brownlee-on-whether-nz-is-doing-enough-to-respond-to-russia-s-brutal-invasion-of-ukraine.html
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  1. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warns situation on Ukraine town Borodyanka "more dreadful" than Bucha where 300 people were killed
  2. Intercepted messages of Russian forces allegedly show they're deliberately murdering Ukraine civilians
  3. NZ has surplus armoured vehicles; Ukraine needs them. Why won't we send them?
  4. Jacinda Ardern, MPs and spy chiefs banned from entering Russia as New Zealand, Australia blacklisted over sanctions

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