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"War crime after war crime": Defence Minister gets close up look at impact of war in Ukraine

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 5 Sept 2025, 8:17am
Tatiana is seen at her home damaged after a Russian attack on a residential building in the city of Druzhkivka, Ukraine on September 03, 2025. (Photo by Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Tatiana is seen at her home damaged after a Russian attack on a residential building in the city of Druzhkivka, Ukraine on September 03, 2025. (Photo by Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)

"War crime after war crime": Defence Minister gets close up look at impact of war in Ukraine

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 5 Sept 2025, 8:17am

Defence Minister Judith Collins has had frontline access to the war in Ukraine. 

She's returned from the war-torn country, visiting sites impacted by Russia's three and a half year long invasion.  

Collins met with Ukraine's Defence Minister while there, alongside speaking with the Foreign Minister, the Office of the President, and Deputy Minister of Defence. 

She told Mike Hosking it's a difficult situation. 

Collin says the Ukrainians are not giving in, but they do want a ceasefire, and they do worry about the people being slaughtered. 

The Defence Minister says she saw appalling behaviour from Russia, with war crime after war crime.  

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