Mayor of Carterton Former NZ Minister of Defence & Minister for Veteran's Affairs Former NZ Member of Parliament Chair; Wings Over Wairarapa Charitable Trust.

Carterton District New Zealand
Joined October 2017
Sit your arse down mate, the credit goes to former Defence Minister @RonMarkNZ (NZ First).
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Together, towards Victory. Thank you, New Zealand! 🇺🇦🤝🇳🇿
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Leopard 1A5 tanks owned by the Swiss, originally intended to be modernized by Rheinmetall and sent to Ukraine, are just sitting in Italy because Switzerland prohibited the transfer to Ukraine.
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It looks like RNZAF's fourth and final P-8A Poseidon is on her way home. Safe travels team.
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In all these videos of the Russian attacks on Kramatorsk I have not seen one responder from the UN or the Red Cross. I have said it before and I'll say it again to all of you who $millions to the UN & Red Cross. They are't there!!! @chrishipkins @NanaiaMahuta @chrisluxonmp
A second missile threat has been reported at the site of the rubble in Kramatorsk. Rescue operations have now been suspended. The State Emergency Service has also reported that a 15-year-old child is among the dead, and a baby born in 2022 is among the wounded. #StandWithUkraine
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For the sake of peace, Russia must negotiate with Russia and be willing to cede territory to the Russians.
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russian soldiers must leave Ukraine and go save their homes from the war that the kremlin has unleashed within russia. The enemies of russian soldiers and the russian people are not in Ukraine. They are in moscow.
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Le chef de la milice #Wagner, Evgueny #Prigozhin a donné un large ITW dans lequel il dit toute sa vérité sur les agissements criminels de la Russie en Ukraine. Il avoue, notamment, ce que j’affirme depuis toujours : ‼️‼️L'Ukraine N’A PAS BOMBARDÉ le #Donbass pendant 8 ans, mais il y a eu (la guerre) l’échange des tirs d’artillerie avec l'armée russe. Les russes frappaient les ukrainiens, les ukrainiens SE DEFENDAIENT, en ripostant! « Nous les avons frappés, ils nous ont frappés. Cela s'est produit pendant ces 8 longues années. » Voici encore quelques-unes de ses citations : « Maintenant, le ministère de la Défense essaie de tromper le public et le président et raconte que l'Ukraine préparait une agression insensée et qu'ils allaient nous attaquer avec l'OTAN » « Quand Zelensky est devenu président, il était prêt à tous les accords [ pour arrêter la guerre ], il n'avait qu'à descendre de l'Olympe [Poutine] et aller à un accord » « Aujourd'hui, tout l'Est de l'Ukraine est peuplé de russes « génétiques », aujourd'hui nous arrivons et ‼️tuons ces russes» « Après 2014, tout le Donbass a été ‼️pillé par l'administration présidentielle, le FSB, les oligarques, ce sont ces gens qui ont volé l'argent des habitants du Donbass » En encore quelques unes d’affirmations du chef de Wagner : - « Les dégénérés ont dressé de longues colonnes [des chars] et ils ont échoué à l'attaque de Kiev » - « Shoigu n'avait pas assez de coui&es, et à la fin de la première journée [de l’agression] il a été très surpris. » - « Le premier jour, l'armée russe a perdu des milliers de soldats prêts au combat. » C’est aussi invraisemblable que cela peut paraître, mais Prigogine aujourd’hui se retrouve à être la seule personne en Russie, audible et libre ( non emprisonnée), qui affirme ouvertement et sans gêne la vérité sur cette guerre et l’agression Russe de l’Ukraine depuis 2014. Les raisons nous analyserons plus tard, quand nous aurons plus d’éléments factuels En attendant, prenez cela comme un fait. Je compatis à toute la bande des prorusses, qui sont en deuil ( de leurs croyances) et j’attends leurs élucubrations en commentaires 🍿 L’ITW dure plus de 30 min, ici un extrait @Gerashchenko_en
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There are mounting calls for mass protests to start in Moscow and St. Petersburg to call for an end to the invasion of Ukraine and for Putin to step down and to establish democracy.
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Certainly a scene outside of the Russian Southern Military District Headquarters in Rostov, as Wagner forces take up positions along the Budonnovskiy Prospekt.
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Tanks in the Rostov region!!! Stop the war, I call on @codepink to demand a ceasefire between russian rebel leader Prigonzhin and Russian government forces! We want peace!!!
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Video reportedly of Wagner forces near the Ministry of Defence building in Rostov, streets taken under control xitter.cf/MapsUkraine/status/167…
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Ron Mark retweeted
RUSSIA, ROSTOV-ON-DON - JUNE 24, 2023: PMC Wagner fighters stand outside the Souther Military District building. 📸 Erik Romanenko/TASS
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Clashes reported in Rostov.
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‼️🙏Please share and make sure to watch “20 Days in Mariupol”!!! This is the trailer for the film. “20 Days in Mariupol” is a documentary by military correspondent Mstislav Chernov about the events of the first 20 days after the Russian attack on Mariupol. #Mariupol #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar #RussiaIsATerroristState #RussianWarCrimes #Russia
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russia spent the month of May trying to terrorize us with drones and missiles. They failed.
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I may not be able to understand the Ukrainian language, but I do understand the heart ache the pain and the suffering that continues to be inflicted on them by Putin, & why the free world must do everything it can to support them in their fight against this evil.
Enemy missiles destroy not only buildings, bridges and infrastructure. They are destroying children's childhood, The video introduces you to little Yana. She was at the Kramatorsk railway station when the rocket attack happened. As a result, the girl lost both legs. Her story went around the world. And there are hundreds of such stories. The recovery of children after war injuries is long and difficult. Our children face amputations, shrapnel wounds, mine-explosive injuries, burns, and loss of movement of upper and lower limbs. Children's rehabilitation department Unbroken Ukraine UNBROKEN Kids is being created on the basis of St. Nicholas Hospital. This is a unique medical institution of the First Medical Association of Lviv, where children are treated and operated on from birth to adulthood. Over the past year, more than 60,000 children from all over Ukraine received help there. Ukrainians need to create the best conditions for rehabilitation here in Ukraine. Unbroken Ukraine is launching a fundraiser for the world's best equipment for Ukrainian children. Every 10 or 20 hryvnias creates opportunities to save children here in Ukraine. Be a part of helping. dobro.ua/project/nezlamni/?f…
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In 2014 Ukraine probably realised they were wrong to have believed that the West would honour its commitment. Something they have paid for ever since.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014, flagrantly violating the Budapest Memorandum, many have wondered if Ukraine made a fatal mistake in giving up its nuclear weapons and if the West was wrong to demand that Ukraine do so. kyivindependent.com/ukraines…
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