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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

Ukraine appeals to Australia for engineers and specialists to help with dam disaster

Ukraine's ambassador to Australia Vasyl Myroshnychenko
Ukraine's ambassador Vasyl Myroshnychenko says the cleanup from the collapsed Nova Kakhovka dam will ‘take years to overcome’. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Ukraine hopes the Australian government will send engineers and environmental specialists to help the country respond to a dam disaster, with the Ukrainian ambassador spelling out the request as Anthony Albanese flies to a Nato summit this week.

The prime minister was in Berlin for talks with the German government on Monday, but is due to attend the Nato summit in Lithuania on Tuesday and Wednesday where the Russian war against Ukraine is likely to dominate discussions.

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