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Matt Robson is an Auckland barrister, and a former Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control and Associate Foreign Minister. He is a member of the Labour Party.
OPINION: As Minister of Disarmament in the 1999-2002 Labour-Alliance Coalition, I had the authority of government to state that New Zealand would not be part of any nuclear armed military bloc.
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Read more: Sleepwalking to war: NZ is back under the nuclear umbrella
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/300564314/sleepwalking-to-war-nz-is-back-under-the-nuclear-umbrella#comments
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The UK Foreign Secretary says Russia may have used a "chemical agent" in an attack on Ukraine, further escalating the conflict.
Liz Truss revealed the UK Government is investigating the claims on Tuesday.
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Read more: Russia-Ukraine war: Chemical agents reportedly used in attack on Mariupol
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/04/russia-ukraine-war-chemical-agents-reportedly-used-in-attack-on-mariupol.html
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Ukraine said on Monday it expected Russia to launch a huge new offensive soon, as Moscow shifts its focus to seizing territory in the east after its invasion force was driven from the gates of Kyiv this month.
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Read more: Ukraine expects Russian assault soon in east
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/04/ukraine-expects-russian-assault-soon-in-east.html
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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.
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Read more: No.8 wire mentality used in Kiwi aid effort in Ukraine
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/465017/no-8-wire-mentality-used-in-kiwi-aid-effort-in-ukraine
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Money pledged toward weapons for Ukraine would be better spent on humanitarian relief the Green Party says.
The government is sending $7.5 million to the United Kingdom to procure weapons and ammunition as part of its latest suite of supports.
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Read more: Greens: Ukraine weapons fund should be humanitarian relief
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/465108/greens-ukraine-weapons-fund-should-be-humanitarian-relief
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The Greens need to pull their head out of their own arse and wake and smell the coffee...
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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.
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Read more: Full-scale Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine looming
- Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/04/10/full-scale-russian-offensive-in-eastern-ukraine-looming/
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Russia has suffered such heavy losses in Ukraine it is now calling up soldiers who have been retired for up to a decade, according to Western intelligence.
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Read more: Russia calls up dad’s army of retired soldiers to cover ‘mounting losses’ in Ukraine
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/300563518/russia-calls-up-dads-army-of-retired-soldiers-to-cover-mounting-losses-in-ukraine
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Former Defence Minister Wayne Mapp backs the Government's move to dispatch 50 troops to Europe to help with the logistics of moving weapons into Ukraine.
Mapp told Newshub that given New Zealand's distance from the war the move to help with logistics makes sense.
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