Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his government would provide military training to Ukrainian forces to support their war against Russia.
Albanese told Australian media today that he had spoken to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy about what further contributions Australia could make to Ukraine’s war effort.
Albanese said the Australian government “certainly” is considering training Ukrainian military personnel, describing Russia’s targeting of civilians as “appalling attacks”.
Meida reports differed on where that training might be provided. Some news organisations claimed Australian trainers would be sent to Ukraine while other reports said the training would not take place inside Ukrainian territory because of ongoing war there.
“I conveyed to him [Zelenskyy] the condolences of the Australian people for the innocent victims who have been murdered by Russian aggression, targeting civilian locations including in Kyiv, just about a kilometre from where I was just a couple of months ago,” Albanese said, referring to a visit to Kyiv he had undertaken in July.
