Ukraine Gets Australian Funding Pledge for Air Defense, Drones

Australia has ramped up military aid for Ukraine, with A$100 million ($65 million) in new funding to go toward short-range air defense systems, drone development and other equipment needed in the nation’s war against Russia.

“While Ukraine is here fighting for its sovereignty and for its nation, it is also fighting for the maintenance of the global rules-based order and in that sense, it’s fighting for us,” Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles said Saturday in Lviv, Ukraine. “Ukraine need to be empowered to resolve this on their terms.”