Australian Defence Minister Peter Dutton says the build-up of Russian tanks and troops along Ukraine’s border with Russia is encouraging “bullies and other dictatorships” to do the same, warning that thousands could die if an invasion occurs.
Dutton and Foreign Minister Marise Payne are meeting with the United Kingdom’s Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss for AUKMIN talks focussed on cooperation, security, and technological cooperation amid increasing geopolitical tension in eastern Europe and from Beijing in the Indo-Pacific.
