Thirty-six New Zealanders are permanently banned from entering the Russian Federation, because of their anti-Russo propaganda. The list will be added to, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry. 11 are journalists. Six from Radio New Zealand, including political editor

Proud to hear I am officially banned from the Russian Federation for 'shaping an anti-Russia agenda' within New Zealand.

I'm also calling it. Maybe Russia gets Niu York, Chasiv Yar or Toretsk after huge casualties. But they just had a six month window for big gains when Ukraine had no US aid and a manpower/morale crisis. They made pitiful progress.

Today Russia bombed a Children’s hospital in Kyiv, I’m at the scene and the devastation is horrific

Thoughts following a recent field study in Ukraine. Ukraine faces difficult months of fighting ahead, but the situation at the front is better than it was this spring. More worrisome is the state of Ukraine’s air defense, and the damage from Russian strikes to the power grid. 1/

I spent a week for The Times and The Sunday Times with Ukraine’s elite 47th Mechanised Brigade, equipped with M1 Abrams, M2 Bradleys and Paladin artillery. They told me they’re in “deep shit” in the Pokrovsk sector, where the Russians have advanced 6km towards the Donbas town in just over a week.

🔴Russian Drones are Hunting Civilians in Kherson: 'They see you and They Target you' Estimates suggest that 50 people have been killed or injured in targeted drone attacks in the last two months, reports Zarina Zabrisky 🇺🇸🇺🇦 bylinetimes.com/2024/07/29/khe…

Our video with Ukrainian infantrymen on the zero line near Toretsk is out. What infantry is really all about comes out much better when you see the faces and hear the voices of these people. The result of the war will be decided in places like this. youtube.com/watch?v=00vhpE…

Though banned from the Russian Federation, Tom Mutch managed to return there - to #Kursk. One of the few journalists to have followed up on the Ukrainian incursion, he speaks to Peter Jukes about what he saw there Tune into Byline TV for more later today

My lifetime ban from the territory of Russia lasted less than two months. That's around the same amount of time Kherson was 'with Russia forever.'

Well done Tom Mutch. Nice holiday snap.

Banned from Russia after explosive stories revealing the depravity Putin unleashed in Ukraine, Tom Mutch delivers a searing dispatch from inside invaded Kursk. trib.al/T7OOdMT

🇺🇦 Please join us Sunday, September 8 🇺🇦 for a conversation with our very special guest Tom Mutch @tomthescribe! 🎙️ Tom is a Kiwi 🇳🇿 journalist covering war and human rights. He’s reported in Ukraine, Israel, Palestine, Afghanistan, Karabakh and has written for the Daily Beast,