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The British defence secretary thanks Australia for its participation in training efforts to help Ukrainian forces in their war with Russia.

More NATO countries are expected to follow suit after Britain became the first country to finally send Western-made heavy tanks to Ukraine. This is why Kyiv sees them as vital to winning the war.

While his troops struggle to regroup in the face of a lightning-fast Ukrainian offensive in the northeast, Vladimir Putin is in Samarkand, fabled halfway point of the silk road in Uzbekistan, for a summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). While he is there he has a busy schedule…

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Australia is the largest non-NATO contributor to Ukraine. RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

There was a perceptible sense of relief on Monday when the Razoni, a Sierra Leone-flagged vessel, left the port of Odesa with 26,000 tons of grain bound for Tripoli in Lebanon. This was the first ship out of the port city since Vladimir Putin sent his military machine into Ukraine…

There are an estimated 44 Canberrans banned from Russia.

“This is only the start," Mr Morrison said of targeted sanctions against Russian individuals and travel bans in retaliation for Mr Putin’s incursion.