Defence Minister Richard Marles has visited Ukraine where he announced further military assistance for the war-torn country.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles, announced the package overnight during a brief visit to Ukraine.
"Australia is also providing critical air-to-ground precision munitions and short range air defence systems." The new package takes Australia's military assistance to $880 million since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and it brings Australia's overall support for Ukraine to more than $1 billion.
"Ukraine and its people have endured more than two years of Russia's full-scale invasion but their spirit remains strong," Marles said.Earlier Marles visited Poland and met his counterpart, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.They are said to have discussed the global implications of the conflict in Ukraine, including Russia's flagrant breach of the UN Charter.
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