24 Feb 2023

EU Ambassador to NZ on a year since Ukraine invasion

From Morning Report, 8:42 am on 24 February 2023

Friday marks a year since the Russian-led invasion of Ukraine.

Today also marks twelve months of intense pressure of various kinds on the European Union as a result of the illegal war.

EU Ambassador to New Zealand Nina Obermaier helped lead a short commemoration in the capital. 

In this file photo taken on 3 December, 2022, an M1A2 Abrams battle tank of the US army, that will be used for military exercises by the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, is unloaded at the Baltic Container Terminal in Gdynia, Poland.

File photo. A US army M1A2 Abrams battle tank that will be used for military exercises by the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team is unloaded at Gdynia, Poland, on 3 December 2022. Photo: AFP