Australia supplies Ukraine with sophisticated weapons
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Australia is providing additional military support to Ukraine in the form of howitzers and ammunition, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Defence Minister Peter Dutton said in a statement on Wednesday.
The fresh military assistance package worth $19.1 million will see Ukraine provided with six M777 lightweight towed howitzers along with ammunition.
That takes Australia’s total military assistance contribution to Ukraine to $225 million so far, with a further $65 million provided in humanitarian aid and more than 70,000 tonnes of thermal coal.
Messrs Morrison and Dutton said the equipment offers further support to combat Russia’s “brutal, unrelenting and illegal invasion” of neighbouring Ukraine.
“The Australian government will continue to identify opportunities for further military assistance where it is able to provide a required capability to the Ukraine Armed Forces expeditiously,” the prime minister added. “Australia stands with the people of Ukraine and again calls on Russia to cease its unprovoked, unjust and illegal invasion of Ukraine.”
Australia was one of 40 nations attending a meeting on the Ukraine conflict at the U.S. Ramstein Air Base in Germany on Tuesday.
(dpa/NAN)
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