Australian federal MPs and senators stood together in Parliament yesterday with Vasyl Myroshnychenko, the Ukrainian Ambassador to Australia, to show their solidarity with Ukraine.
As reported in The Australian, Mr Myroshnychenko urged the parliamentarians to support the continued flow of military aid to Ukraine, as it approached the first anniversary of its brutal invasion by Russia.
“We need more Bushmasters, we need more M113s armoured personnel carriers,” he said.
“What’s important is that Australia continues sending military assistance. It could be ammunition, it could be drones, it could be counter-drone technology.”
Mr Myroshnychenko said one-third of Australia’s promised 90 Bushmasters were yet to arrive, but deliveries of tracked M113 armoured personnel carriers had been accelerated in anticipation of a Russian offensive.
His message to Australians was simple: “We are fighting for every one of you because we are out there at the forefront of defending democracy.”
Mr Myroshnychenko also urged Australia to reopen its embassy in Ukraine, as have 57 other nations who have returned to Kyiv.
