Vincent McAviney: Europe Correspondent on New Zealand's sanctions for weapon suppliers for Russia, the drone attack on Ukraine's power grid

There’s more sanctions from New Zealand for those involved in Russia's war with Ukraine. 

Foreign Minister Winston Peters has announced sanctions targeting those linked to supplying chemical weapons, ballistic missiles, and drones for Russia. 

He says concern is growing about illegal Russian and North Korean naval activity. 

Correspondent Vincent McAviney told Ryan Bridge it comes as Russia has launched another major drone attack on Ukraine's power grid and warned of more attacks on the way. 

He says that around a million people have been left without power, as Russia aims to make this winter as difficult as possible for Ukraine. 

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Vincent Megaviny uk Europe correspondent, and we will start with that. Actually,
Ukraine has suffered a huge drone strike with Russia threatening
to use new types of missiles on Kiv. The Evincent, Yeah,
that's right.

Speaker 2 (00:15):
Overnight Ukraine suffered a huge attack once again on its
power grid Royy in winter here in Europe, it's very
cold in Ukraine and it's left around a million people
without power after they struck twelve targets. This is a
pattern they've been following over recent months to really try
and make this winter as difficult and horrible as possible,

(00:37):
and that warning as well that they might use that
new missile. Now, last week when I spoke to you,
Ukraine had suggested it was potentially an ICBM without a
nuclear warhead on it, but we now know it was
some kind of new type of missile that Russia's developed
that Western governments are scrambling to try to understand, and
they have threatened more attacks, particularly in what they're saying

(00:58):
is the sort of power centres, decision making centers, so
that would be central Key trying to possibly destroy the
government and.

Speaker 1 (01:06):
Very quickly the nit migration revised figures from twenty twenty three.
How do you lose one hundred and sixty six thousand people?

Speaker 2 (01:13):
Well, quiet, and just to frame this, when the Conservatives
came into governments in twenty ten, they promised that they'd
get migration underneath six figures, so net migration would be
less than one hundred thousand. When they left their final
full year, it turns out that they had claimed in
the twelve months to June twenty twenty three only net
migration was only and I say only seven hundred and

(01:34):
forty thousand. It was in the fact nine hundred and
six thousand. That is a huge revision and there are
questions about why that revision is so drastic. We have
found out the latest in the twelve months to June
this year it has fallen back to seven hundred and
twenty eight thousand. But we know from what's happening in
governments around the world, the US and Europe as well,

(01:55):
if Labor can't bring that number down then they'll likely
be punished at the election in five years time.

Speaker 1 (02:00):
Thanks so much for that. That's Vincent mcaviny, our UK
europe correspondent.

Speaker 2 (02:04):
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