Monday, April 11, 2022



More support for Ukraine

Today the government announced additional backend support for Ukraine - a Hercules and logistics staff to move stuff around Europe so it can be transferred over the border, as well as a donation to their weapons fund, and further funding for UNHCHR and the ICC for war crimes investigations. Good. We're not a militaristic country, we don't have piles of weapons lying around to give, and we're at the bottom of the world, but this (along with all the sanctions we can pile on) seems like a useful way of helping. And we absolutely should help: Russia's invasion of Ukraine was utterly unjustifiable, and its ongoing war crimes unforgivable. Both are clear violations of international law, and utterly repugnant to most kiwis.