Australia will provide Ukraine aid shipments with vital protection and deploy one of the world’s most sophisticated surveillance aircraft as the ongoing conflict with Russia inches towards its 18th month. Known in Australia as the E-7A Wedgetail, the aircraft is one of the most advanced battlespace management platforms capable of coordinating a joint air, sea and land…
Labor’s $110 Million Military Support for Ukraine Not Enough: Shadow Foreign Minister
The Australian government’s $110 million (US$73 million) military support for Ukraine is not effective enough in addressing Ukraine’s needs, the federal opposition says. Defence Minister Richard Marles unveiled the new assistance package on June 26, which includes 70 military vehicles, a supply of 105mm artillery ammunition, and $10 million to the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund. Australia…
Ukraine Pressures Australia For More Help in War Effort Amid Campaign For Australian Hawkei
The Australian government has come under pressure from Ukraine to provide more assistance to its war effort as Russia pushes on with its spring offensive. Russia is currently focusing its attacks on the eastern Donetsk region, where several cities and towns have been under heavy bombardment, Ukraine’s general staff said on Tuesday. The Ukrainian forces have also…
Australia to Deploy Military Personnel to Europe to Aid in Ukrainian Conflict
Australia will deploy a contingent of 70 military personnel to the United Kingdom and gift a further 30 Bushmaster armoured vehicles to Ukraine as part of its continued support for the war effort. The military personnel will join Operation INTERFLEX to provide infantry and cyber training in January 2023. Operation Interflex is a multi-national military…
The ‘De-Russification’ of Ukraine
Commentary With a population of 46 million and a vast territory that is rich in natural resources, Ukraine was the largest and most formidable of the states to secede from the Russian Federation, in 1991. About half the population is Russian-speaking. Curiously, Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev, the Soviet leader from 1964 to 1982, was actually born…
Australia Removes Tariffs on Ukrainian Imports
The Australian government has removed all taxes on goods coming from Ukraine for the next 12 months as part of its recently announced aid package. Coming into immediate effect on July 4, the Minister for Trade and Tourism Don Farrell said that eliminating tariffs was part of ongoing efforts to deepen the two countries bilateral…
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