The Prime Minister has inspected Bushmaster vehicles which Australia is sending to Ukraine amid global calls for more tanks to fight Russia.
Ukraine has been requesting more assistance from Australia as it approaches one year since the beginning of the Russian invasion.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, “We have committed to providing 90 Bushmasters to Ukraine and there on the ground making difference each and every day to the defence of that Nation.”
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