The Australian government is set to unveil a new military aid package to Ukraine, whose defence minister has proposed that Australia train its pilots and help it defend itself from Russian drone attacks.
Australia has injected more than $500 million into Kyiv’s resistance effort since Vladimir Putin’s invasion in February last year.
“I asked our Australian friends to consider the possibility of training Ukrainian pilots, providing medical evacuation vehicles and means of electronic warfare against drones. The government has backed Ukraine since the war began, sending Kyiv 90 Bushmaster armoured personnel carriers, as well as other armoured troop carriers and military equipment such as drones and ammunition.A contingent of Australian soldiers have also helped train Ukrainian army recruits in the UK since January.
“This is not a movie,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday. “It is hard to say how you’ll see the counteroffensive. The main point here is for Russia to see it.
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