The propaganda exercise comes ahead of a May 9 military parade to commemorate the end of WWII,which has become a homage to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Disturbances have increased since 2022,and Finnair pilots have reported interference especially near Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave on the Baltic Sea coast.
A visit by Deputy Prime Minister Richard Males – the first by a member of the Albanese government for almost two years – coincided with another fierce round of Russian airstrikes.
Defence Minister Richard Marles was in Lviv on Saturday,becoming just the second federal government minister to visit Ukraine since the war started.
US President Joe Biden signed off another billion-dollar assistance package just as the tide was turning against the Ukrainians on the battlefield.
Ongoing wars in Ukraine – and especially in Gaza – remain politically problematic,and potentially fatal,for US President Joe Biden.
The Albanese government’s lukewarm support for Ukraine has been a source of embarrassment for months. The measly financial and military assistance is now moving into potentially dangerous territory.
This multibillion-dollar aid package shores up US friends and allies with priceless support amid existential struggles across three continents.
The US House Speaker’s personal dilemma likely explains months of delay that undoubtedly cost Ukrainian lives and has helped Russia make battlefield gains.
The foreign minister’s failure to say more about the world’s most serious conflict is symptomatic of the way Ukraine has slipped down the list of Australia’s priorities.
The emergence of cheap drones,not dissimilar to commercially available models,has been exploited to great effect in Ukraine. The tank’s place as a war-winner may be over.