Ukraine
Russia reportedly asks China for help as global sanctions hit
Russia has reportedly turned to China for military help and economic relief - as sanctions bear down and its invasion of Ukraine continues.
Meanwhile a Russian missile attack on a Ukrainian military… Audio
How sanctions have changed everyday life in Russia
The US, UK and EU have imposed unprecedented financial penalties on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, and hundreds of companies have left the country.
What's driving Vladimir Putin?
People around the world are watching Russia's war on Ukraine in disbelief, wondering what's driving Vladimir Putin. Mr Putin calls the onslaught a "special military operation" to "demilitarize and… Audio
Protest flotilla arrayed outside Russian's Northland estate
A Ukraine Peace Flotilla has arrived outside the Northland home of Russian oligarch Alexander Abramov to protest.
When 'shoe salesman' Vladimir Putin visited New Zealand
In 2000, Sir Bob Harvey was handed an envelope containing 10 pages of gallery proofs of a yet-to-be-published book about future Russian president Vladimir Putin's undercover visits here in the 1980s… Audio
The tour that changed the face of NZ theatre
Graeme Lay's new novel, Larry & Viv, is different to anything else he's ever written. The book tells the story of two of the 20th Century's most glamorous stars of stage and screen, Laurence Olivier… Audio
'Russia has greatly underestimated the Ukrainian people'
Oxana Shevel is an associate professor of political science at Tufts University who specialises in the study of former Soviet states. She says the Russian army has proven not to be the mighty force… Audio
The Weekend Panel with Bernard Hickey and Ruth Money
Joining us on the Panel this morning are Bernard Hickey and Ruth Money. Among other issues, they discuss the situation in Ukraine, National moving ahead of Labour in the polls, and the rising price of… Audio
Journalist reporting from Ukraine in six different languages
You mightn't instantly recognise the name Philip Crowther, but you might have seen the incredible clip of him reporting from Ukraine in six different languages (English, French, Spanish, German… Audio
How Russia is recruiting mercenaries to fight in Ukraine
Mercenary sources have told the BBC that recruits are being trained at a base in Mol'kino in southern Russia, next to a Russian army base.
Ukraine's Zelenskiy defiant as Russian forces regroup near Kyiv
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says Ukraine is at a "strategic turning point" in the war as Russian forces bombard cities across the country and appear to be regrouping for a possible assault on Kyiv.
Russia to supply military equipment to Belarus, Belarus news agency says
Ukraine says Belarus could be planning to invade its territory and accused Russia of trying to drag its ally into the war by staging air attacks on Belarus from Ukrainian air space.
Prepare for petrol to reach $4 litre - AA says
Drivers should prepare to pay up to $4 a litre for petrol, according to the Automobile Association.
Ukraine farmer warns of looming food crisis
Ukrainian villagers and farmers have been thrown back into the Middle Ages, slaughtering pigs and milking cows by hand in an effort to keep the country fed, a farmer in Ukraine says. Audio
Ukraine farmer warns of looming food crisis
Ukrainian villagers and farmers have been thrown back into the Middle Ages, slaughtering pigs and milking cows by hand in an effort to keep the country fed, a farmer in Ukraine says.
AudioFormer NATO commander on Russian invasion of Ukraine
Russia has launched a fresh assault on the besieged city of Mariupol less than a day after the brutal bombing of a maternity hospital.
It comes after Russia and Ukraine's foreign ministers failed to… Video, Audio
All the weird, wonderful ways the world is supporting Ukraine
From bake sales and uniform-free school days, NFT auctions bringing in millions of dollars in crypto - our increasingly digital and social world is opening up new ways of getting much-needed funds to… Audio
Desperation in Mariupol as Russian attack ongoing
Apocalyptic conditions - that's how aid agencies are describing what the people of the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol are now facing as the invasion of the country enters its third week.
With… Audio
European Union dashes Ukraine's hopes of quick membership
European Union leaders have condemned the "unspeakable suffering" Russia is inflicting on Ukraine, despite refusing Kyiv's appeal for rapid accession to the bloc at a summit in France.
Energy Minister Megan Woods on NZ's fuel security
Earlier this week Nine to Noon looked at the big change on the way to how we get fuel into, and around, New Zealand. After nearly 60 years, the Marsden Point Refinery will shut down its processing… Audio
