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Analysis: For a couple of hours last Friday the world seemed plunged into an existential danger not felt since the meltdown of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant back in the 1980s.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba sent out an alarming tweet saying the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was under Russian attack and on fire.
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Read more: Nuclear weapons offer protection against opposition - and Putin knows it
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside/462891/nuclear-weapons-offer-protection-against-opposition-and-putin-knows-it
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A new $10bn submarine base will be built on Australia’s east coast to support future nuclear-powered submarines.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison will unveil the plans in his speech to the Lowy Institute on Monday, focusing on national security.
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Read more: Australia to get new $10 billion submarine base
- Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/steve-price-australia-to-get-new-10-billion-submarine-base/
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China's foreign minister on Monday called Russia his country's “most important strategic partner” as Beijing continues to refuse to condemn the invasion of Ukraine despite growing pressure from the US and European Union to use its influence to rein Moscow in.
Wang Yi said Chinese ties with Moscow constitute “one of the most crucial bilateral relationships in the world."
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Read more: China calls Russia its chief 'strategic partner' despite war
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/300534916/china-calls-russia-its-chief-strategic-partner-despite-war
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Moscow said on Monday (local time) it would provide corridors for residents of Ukraine's two main cities to flee to Russia and Belarus, a move Ukraine called an immoral stunt to exploit the suffering of civilians under Russian bombardment.
Russian and Ukrainian delegations assembled for a third round of talks in Belarus, both sides said. Two previous rounds yielded little beyond pledges to open routes for humanitarian access that have yet to be successfully implemented.
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Read more: Ukraine slams 'immoral' stunt after Moscow says it will let civilians flee to Russia
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/03/ukraine-slams-immoral-stunt-after-moscow-says-it-will-let-civilians-flee-to-russia.html
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Russia has told Ukraine it is ready to halt military operations "in a moment" if Kyiv meets a list of conditions, the Kremlin spokesman said on Monday (local time).
Dmitry Peskov said Moscow was demanding that Ukraine cease military action, change its constitution to enshrine neutrality, acknowledge Crimea as Russian territory, and recognise the separatist republics of Donetsk and Lugansk as independent states.
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Read more: Kremlin says Russia will stop 'in a moment' if Ukraine meets list of conditions
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A law enabling New Zealand to freeze the assets of those associated with Russia, in response to its invasion of Ukraine, will pass under urgency this week, the prime minister says.
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Read more: PM Jacinda Ardern speaks after Cabinet meeting, confirms new Russia Sanctions Bill
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/462873/pm-jacinda-ardern-speaks-after-cabinet-meeting-confirms-new-russia-sanctions-bill
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Opinion - With the Cabinet meeting today agreeing to targeted Russian sanctions legislation, New Zealand is preparing to circumvent its normal United Nations-based response to international crises.
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As the horrors in Ukraine continue at Russia's hand, the New Zealand Government is about to give itself the tools to impose sanctions on those responsible.
Parliament on Monday pulled together a show of solidarity, by hanging up a piece of Ukrainian art from the vaults. It's a map of New Zealand embroidered in traditional Ukrainian designs and was gifted by the Ukrainian community in 2016.
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Read more: The number of Russians who have invested their way into New Zealand revealed
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