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After being a 'welcome guest' at NATO, NZ now needs to consider what our partnership with the alliance really means

As a “welcomed guest” at the latest NATO summit in Lithuania, New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins had a front-row seat for debates over Ukrainian membership, the role of countries outside NATO’s traditional geographic boundaries, the ongoing threat of China, military spending and an accelerating nuclear arms race.

The Conversation

Russia’s Medvedev says NATO’s Ukraine aid brings world war closer

The deputy secretary of Russia’s Security Council said Western military aid would not stop Moscow’s victory in Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 504

As the conflict enters its 504th day, these are the main developments.

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Russia launches latest drone attack on Kyiv as NATO meets

Russia also conducted air raids on Kyiv in the early hours of Tuesday morning with Iranian-made Shahed drones.

Al Jazeera

NATO stops short of Ukraine invitation, angering Zelenskyy

Military alliance says it will invite Ukraine to become a member only when ‘conditions are met’ but gives no timeline.

Al Jazeera

UN ends aid to northwest Syria from Turkey after Security Council fails to renew approval

The U.N. Security Council has failed to approve either of two rival resolutions authorizing the delivery of humanitarian aid to Syria’s rebel-held northwest from neighboring Turkey, officially ending the U.N. cross-border operation which had been vital to helping 4.1 million people

The Independent UK

Cross-border aid to Syria blocked in ‘act of utter cruelty’ by Russia at UN vote

Use of veto threatens operations on route from Turkey that supports millions of people in north-west

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Elina Svitolina says Ukraine war made her stronger after shocking Iga Swiatek

Ukrainian Elina Svitolina said Russia’s invasion of her home country has made her stronger following her 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-2 victory against Iga Swiatek

The Guardian - UK

NATO Made a Mistake by Promising Membership to Ukraine

The chance of open U.S.-Russia conflict really would increase if Ukraine were admitted to NATO.

Reason

Is NATO up to the challenge? Putin's war tests Alliance's resolve

NATO is no longer brain dead. Emmanuel Macron, who authored that quip back in 2019, can thank Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine for that. But now that it's back to its original mission of containing Russia, can the Alliance keep up?

France 24

Ukraine still has conditions to meet before it can join Nato, leaders say

Volodymyr Zelensky said the delay was providing Russia with the ‘motivation to continue its terror’.

The Independent UK

In Ukraine, civilians train on survival skills to cope with dangers from Russia’s war

In a cramped municipal building in a residential area of the Ukrainian capital, a group of people take turns training to shoot from a replica of a machine gun with the help of a weapon’s training simulator relying on virtual reality

The Independent UK

The invasion of Ukraine spurred NATO to revamp its defense plans against Russian attack

U.S. President Joe Biden and his NATO counterparts have endorsed the biggest shakeup of the way the military alliance would respond to any attack on its territory by Russia since the Cold War

The Independent UK

Russia vetoes UN vote to extend key Syria aid route

Russia proposes authorisation only be extended for six months rather than a nine-month compromise.

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Ethiopia wants to join the BRICS group of nations: an expert unpacks the pros and cons

A few years ago, the BRICS grouping – Brazil, Russia, China, India and South Africa – had lost salience because three of its members were in severe economic difficulty. Brazil, Russia and South Africa are primarily natural resource exporters and were badly affected by the global commodity price bust of…

The Independent UK

Georgia’s imprisoned former president Mikheil Saakashivili says Nato must not hesitate to admit Ukraine

The former leader – who is serving a prison sentence decried as politically motivated – says the alliance cannot show the same weakness it did in the wake of a 2008 declaration saying Kyiv and Tbilisi could join but offering no path. Russia invaded Georgia months later

Al Jazeera

Top Russian official says Poland wants to seize parts of Ukraine

Foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova touts theory often raised by Moscow without any evidence.

The Conversation

Sweden is joining Nato: what that means for the alliance and the war in Ukraine

In a surprise move, Turkey has ended its veto on Sweden joining Nato, thereby removing all the barriers to its membership of the military alliance.

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The Independent UK

US is sanctioning the pro-Russian head of Serbian intelligence for alleged corruption

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on the pro-Russian head of Serbian intelligence

The Independent UK

Japan's leader holds security, business talks in Poland on his way to NATO summit

The prime ministers of Poland and Japan have held talks on security, Russia’s war on Ukraine and the strengthening of business ties

Fortune

'The Feckless 400': These companies are still doing business in Russia–and funding Putin’s war

'While there is very little transparency, our best estimate is that the Feckless 400 represent at least $200 million in Russian revenues.'

The Guardian - UK

Russian ex-submarine commander shot dead while running in park

Russia’s FSB arrests man, 64, on suspicion of killing Stanislav Rzhitsky, who was accused by Ukraine of deadly strikes in war

France 24

NATO Summit: How the Alliance is strengthening its eastern flank

Along with seeking a compromise for Ukraine’s entry into NATO, leaders at the Vilnius summit are on a quest to bolster the Alliance’s eastern front.

The Independent UK

Russian submarine officer ‘shot dead during run after being tracked on Strava app’

Stanislav Rzhitsky was found with four bullet wounds in his back, according to reports

The Guardian - UK

Zelenskiy fails in effort to secure invitation to join Nato at Vilnius summit

Leaders of military alliance sign off on declaration that does not give Ukraine firm membership timetable

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