Ukraine

Australia will deliver 49 retiring M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine in the midst of the Russia-Ukraine war.

NATO is preparing for a potential large-scale war, including the transport of wounded troops.

NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters has condemned Russia’s ‘delinquency’ while blaming both Israel and Hamas for the Gaza war.

NATO members Romania and Latvia, meanwhile, claim Russian drones violated their airspace.

More than half of the current cabinet could be replaced, according to senior lawmaker and Zelenskyy ally David Arakhamia, in what he called a government reset.

A DFAT spokesperson said the embassy’s return to Kyiv will be based on ’thorough' assessments on security, work health, and safety risks.