EPISODE · Mar 21, 2022 · 4 MIN
Robert Patman: Otago University Professor says New Zealand has to do it's bit in Ukraine
from Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · host Newstalk ZB
A prediction New Zealand will provide military aid to Ukraine in the near future. The Government is giving an extra $5 million to sure up fuel supplies, rations and medical kits. The Defence Force is offering just over a thousand body armour plates and around 500 each of helmets and camouflage vests. Otago University's Professor Robert Patman says what Russia's doing in Ukraine is a huge challenge to the rules-based international order. He says there's a growing realisation the rest of the world has to communicate to the Putin regime that this is unacceptable, and New Zealand has to do its bit. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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A prediction New Zealand will provide military aid to Ukraine in the near future. The Government is giving an extra $5 million to sure up fuel supplies, rations and medical kits. The Defence Force is offering just over a thousand body armour plates...
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