The deputy prime minister says Australia will provide air defence missiles to Ukraine. Follow today’s news headlines liveAustralia will provide air defence missiles to Ukraine, as part of what the federal government is calling its biggest single package of military assistance to Kyiv to date.The deputy prime minister, Richard Marles, is in Washington DC for the Nato summit and is expected to meet today with leaders from New Zealand, Japan and South Korea (Nato’s so-called “Indo-Pacific Four”). This group is due to hold talks with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, before a photo opportunity with the embattled US president, Joe Biden.The delivery of highly capable air defence capabilities and air-to-ground precision munitions represents Australia’s largest single support package for Ukraine, and will make an enormous contribution to its efforts to end the conflict on its terms.Russia’s illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine stands as an affront to international law and the rules-based order. Continue reading…
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Publish date : 2024-07-11 21:34:18
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