Robert Patman: Otago University Professor says New Zealand has to do it's bit in Ukraine
Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Newstalk ZB
March 21, 20224m 1s
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Show Notes
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.
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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 ABOVE
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