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The United States and other NATO members said on Wednesday (local time) they would keep helping Ukraine fight off Russia's invasion, while also adapting the alliance's own security to the "new reality" triggered by the war.
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Read more: NATO vows to keep helping Ukraine fight off Russia while adapting to 'new reality'
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/03/nato-vows-to-keep-helping-ukraine-fight-off-russia-while-adapting-to-new-reality.html
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged American lawmakers to do more to protect his country from Russia's invasion in an address to the US Congress on Wednesday (local time) in which he pleaded with President Joe Biden to be the world's "leader of peace."
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While Russian forces have struggled to make rapid headway in their efforts to topple the capital, they have made greater inroads in the south.
Advancing from the annexed Russian-held region of Crimea, troops have surrounded the battered city of Mariupol and captured Melitopol and Kherson.
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Read more: Russian-Ukraine war: Odesa becomes military fortress so it doesn't fall to Russian forces
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/03/russian-ukraine-war-odesa-becomes-military-fortress-so-it-doesn-t-fall-to-russian-forces.html
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The Ides of March is best known in history for the assassination of Julius Caesar (in 44 BC). In 2022, 15 March marked a turning point in defence force acquisition for New Zealand. There was no media stand-up and smiling announcement from PM Ardern or Defence Minister Henare. Just an entry on the NZ Government Electronic Tender Service stating the project was canned:
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Read more: Southern Ocean Patrol Vessel Sunk by Labour
- Article: https://unclas.wordpress.com/2022/03/16/s-o-p-v-g-e-t-s-sunk/
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I will have something to say about this once I gather my thoughts... But now is not the time to be cutting back on defence. We have a very unstable world and our region is no longer the benign area it use to be.
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International analyst Geoffrey Miller puts New Zealand's new humanitarian visa policy for Ukrainians under the microscope and considers the implications of claims of a potential role for China in Russia's war against Ukraine
ANALYSIS: With the Russia Sanctions Act now in place, New Zealand this week turned its focus to humanitarian assistance for Ukrainians fleeing the war. UN figures on Monday showed that some 2.8 million refugees had left Ukraine since the war began.
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Three European prime ministers headed to Kyiv by train on Tuesday (local time) for the first visit of its kind since war began, even as buildings there were ablaze and rescue workers were trying to pull survivors from the rubble of fresh Russian bombardment.
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Weeks into the war in Ukraine, Facebook's parent company Meta is poised to tap its oversight board for guidance about a policy shift allowing users in Ukraine to post some calls for violence against Russian invaders.
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Read more: The war in Ukraine highlights the limits of Facebook's oversight board
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/300542103/the-war-in-ukraine-highlights-the-limits-of-facebooks-oversight-board
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New Zealand's opened up a special fast-tracked visa for Ukrainian Kiwis to bring their wider family here to shelter from the war, as well as donating another $4 million in aid - but the ACT Party says we should also be sending firepower.
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