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Anthony Albanese wraps up his European tour by announcing more military aid for Kyiv. Follow live
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Anthony Albanese wrapped up his diplomatic tour of duty in Europe by announcing that Australia will donate an additional 30 Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles to Ukraine. The prime minister said Australia will continue to stand with the embattled nation “for as long as necessary” and met with Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the Nato summit in Lithuania. Zelenkskiy expressed his gratitude for Australia’s additional support, calling it a “powerful new defence package”. However, the British defence secretary suggested Ukraine needs to be more thankful for western aid after Zelenskiy’s complaints that his country had not been issued a firm timetable for joining Nato. “We’re not Amazon,” quipped Ben Wallace.
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