Ukrainian drone pilots get round-the-clock support from another continent. While Kyiv sleeps, Australian experts run night shift
Australian experts work Kyiv time to aid pilots and test equipment.
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UK and Australia impose largest sanctions packages against Russia since 2022, targeting oil giant Transneft and shadow fleet
Australia lowered its Russian oil price cap from $47.60 to $44.10 per barrel and sanctioned 180 entities across six sectors, while the UK designated nearly 300 targets including nine banks and Russia's largest oil pipeline company
From 10% to 48%: Employment of Ukrainian women in Austria has grown fivefold in three years
More than 94,000 Ukrainians now live in Austria, 61% of them women and 30% under the age of 20
South Korea sells weapons to NATO members — now NATO wants Seoul to help buy weapons for Ukraine
Seoul confirmed NATO formally asked it to join the PURL program, which pools allied money to buy US-made arms and air defense systems for Ukraine.
“Russia is weaponizing winter”: Australia pledges $6.9 million for Ukraine’s battered power grid
Fresh funds target power, heating, and essential services under sustained attack.
Australia gives Ukraine 49 Abrams tanks. Now they must survive the drones.
87% of the original US batch was destroyed in under two years.
NATO to send Ukraine $5 billion in US weapons by year’s end — focus on air defense
The PURL program will deliver critical air defense, ammunition and spare parts from American reserves by 31 December.
Australia’s retiring Tiger helicopters might return to combat—in Ukraine
The Tigers may expand Kyiv’s growing use of helicopters to intercept Russia's Shahed-type drones over low altitudes.
Australia and New Zealand join NATO-US arms initiative for Ukraine with over $71M in aid
Both countries step up their defense support, becoming the first Pacific partners to back the PURL weapons supply effort.
Australia returns pre-historic Ukrainian artifacts to Kyiv
Two archaeological objects spanning 5,000 years of Ukrainian history – a Bronze Age temporal pendant and a 12th-century arrowhead – have been returned from Australia
Australia is spending billions on drones — Ukraine says it can make that money count
Kyiv offers drone tech and battlefield expertise to Australia, and touts its Magura naval drones, credited with sinking Russian ships and downing Russian jets, as a model for future cooperation.
Australia slashes Russian oil price cap 21% while sanctioning 95 shadow fleet tankers
The coordinated Western assault on Putin's energy revenues intensifies as Australia joins allies in targeting the maritime network.
Man crashes car through Russian consulate gates in Sydney, police officer injured
A 39-year-old man injured a police constable and crashed his SUV through the Russian consulate gates in Sydney the morning of 1 Sept. Australian authorities arrested a man
Ukraine just got 49 new Abrams tanks—but the tank war is already over
The first of up to 49 fresh M-1 Abrams tanks have arrived in Ukraine. What will the Ukrainian military do with the 69-ton, four-person vehicles with their thick armor and 120-mm guns?
Australia’s Abrams tanks arrive in Ukraine—first of 49, or most already?
Some outlets say initial delivery; others report the majority of promised armor has landed.
Ukraine’s new M-1 Abrams tanks are ready—but their brigade might not be
Ukraine is getting 49 M-1 tanks from Australia. It risks wasting them.
Australia sanctions 37 Russians, 7 firms and deepens NATO cooperation amid Russo-Ukrainian war
Sanctions list includes government insiders and disinformation agents.
Australia condemns 13-year Russian sentence for Oscar Jenkins in occupied Luhansk after fighting for Ukraine
Russia’s court convicted the Ukrainian Army's soldier of "mercenary activity", sentencing him to a maximum-security penal colony.
Australian Abrams tanks promised to Ukraine remain stuck over US clearance
The 49 retired Australian M1A1 Abrams tanks promised to Ukraine haven't left Australia yet as the US authorization is pending.
Rural Australian café raises thousands for Ukraine through “tariffs” on American products
The symbolic protest in a village of just 500 people has already generated $2,000 for Ukrainian humanitarian aid, challenging Trump's attempt to pressure Zelenskyy into a Russian peace deal.