SYDNEY, June 26 (Reuters) - The Australian government will provide a new A$110 million ($73.5 million) package to Ukraine including 70 military vehicles to defend against Russia's invasion, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday.
The fresh commitments take Australia's total contribution for Ukraine to A$790 million, including A$610 million in military support, since the conflict began in February 2022.
Australia is one of the largest non-NATO contributors to the West's support for Ukraine and has been supplying aid, ammunition and defence equipment including scores of Bushmaster armoured vehicles.
To prop up Ukraine's economy and trade, Albanese said Australia will also extend duty-free access for goods imported from Ukraine for another 12 months.
The latest military assistance package will include 28 M113 armoured vehicles, 14 special operations vehicles, 28 medium trucks and 14 trailers.
Persons:
Anthony Albanese, " Albanese, Vladimir Putin's, Albanese, Renju Jose, Alasdair Pal, Stephen Coates
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SYDNEY, Australian, Ukraine, Bushmaster, Russian Federation, Thomson
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Ukraine, Canberra, Russia, Russian, Rostov, Australia, Kremlin, Sydney