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.
Violence against women is under focus yet again – something that never seems to change.
A decision made by House Republicans last week to attach the TikTok bill to the high-priority Ukraine and Israel package helped expedite its passage in Congress.
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.
After agonising over how to proceed on the package for days,Mike Johnson notified Republicans he would push to hold three votes on Ukraine,Israel and the Indo-Pacific.
Some 90 per cent of Russia’s microelectronics and machine tools used to produce missiles,tanks and aircraft,come from China,says the US.