Australia donated several Joint Direct Attack Munition Extended-Range (JDAM-ER) glide bombs to Ukraine following their withdrawal from Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) service.
Foreign and defense chiefs of the United States and Australia called on nations with influence on Russia, particularly China, to put pressure on Moscow to end the war against Ukraine.
Australia’s Electro Optic Systems (EOS) announced it has secured a conditional contract to supply Remote Weapon Systems (RWS) to Ukraine valued at up to US$80 million.
Defense Ministers Sebastien Lecornu of France and Richard Marles of Australia have agreed to supply Ukraine with several thousand jointly produced 155mm shells to support the country in its war against Russia.
Australia will additionally give Ukraine $100 million in military and technical support, as well as 14 armored personnel carriers and 20 Bushmaster armored vehicles.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has called on Australia to provide more weapons to Ukraine and proposed including the country in the Australian System of Tariff Preferences.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in a phone call with his Australian counterpart Marise Payne thanked Australia for imposing sanctions on Russia and providing assistance and support to Ukraine.