After a hospital bombing, the Ukrainian leader put out an urgent call for help before Donald Trump’s possible re-election in the US in November.
A new Australian aid package to Ukraine worth $250 million is the government’s largest since the war began.The package will be presented to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky by Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Washington.
The package comes days after Russia’s heaviest bombardment of Kyiv in four months. The capital was attacked in broad daylight, leaving at least 36 civilians dead and badly damaging Kyiv’s main children’s hospital. “It’s time to step out of the shadows, to make strong decisions work, to act and not wait for November,” Zelensky said in Washington on Tuesday night at the Ronald Reagan Institute. “To the end, we must be strong and uncompromising all together.”Australia’s $250 million package takes total Australian military assistance to Ukraine to more than $1.1 billion. The government declined to publicise the amount or exact type of weaponry it is providing, saying this could benefit Russia.
Deputy Prime Minister Marles is in Washington in the absence of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who has been criticised by the Coalition for not attending the NATO summit at a time of geopolitical turmoil. Beijing insists it does not provide military aid to Russia but has maintained strong trade ties with its northern neighbour throughout the conflict. It also accuses NATO of overreaching and inciting confrontation in the Indo-Pacific region.
Biden’s political woes were also the hot topic of debate on the sidelines of the Australian-American Leadership Dialogue, which also took place in Washington this week and was attended by Marles, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton, Assistant Defence Minister Matt Thistlethwaite, and opposition home affairs spokesman James Paterson.
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