Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced today, Monday, after meeting with his German counterpart Olaf, that Australia will participate in supplying Ukraine with military and humanitarian supplies with military aircraft stationed in Germany and a military and civilian contingent of up to one hundred people. Scholz in Berlin.
The mission of the E-7A Wedgetail (a modified Boeing 737) is to monitor multinational logistics centers to provide assistance to Ukraine, among other things. In the next six months, the German-based aircraft with a range of 7,040 km will patrol European airspace.
All of this, Albanese stressed, shows that “Australia is fighting to preserve the rules-based international order”. He said it was a great contribution and thanked Germany for hosting the Australian contingent.
Schultz described Canberra’s decision as a good and wonderful step. He added that this Australian support is very important for Ukraine.
Featured image: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (Photo: MTI/AP/Marcus Schreiber)
