Australia is steadfast in supporting Ukraine to defend itself against Russia\u2019s illegal and immoral invasion. Ensuring Ukraine can receive international assistance is a crucial part of that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) will deploy a Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail aircraft to Germany for approximately six months from October to help protect a vital gateway of international humanitarian and military assistance to Ukraine. This deployment includes up to 100 crew and support personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The deployment of the E-7A Wedgetail will integrate with the efforts of our partners, including the United States, and support the multi-layered protections in place for assistance into Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The aircraft will provide early warning in the event of any threats outside of Ukraine against the gateway for humanitarian and military assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ADF personnel or assets will not enter Ukraine throughout this deployment and the aircraft will not be involved in the current conflict in Ukraine. The E-7A will operate outside of Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian airspace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We thank the German Government for hosting the aircraft and our personnel for the duration of the deployment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The deployment demonstrates Australia\u2019s commitment to support our allies and partners in upholding the international rules-based order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Albanese Government continues to work with the Government of Ukraine and our international partners to provide assistance and calls on Russia to immediately withdraw from Ukraine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prime Minister\u00a0Anthony Albanese said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAustralia calls on Russia to withdraw its military forces from Ukrainian territory and immediately end this illegal invasion, which has caused terrible damage and loss of life in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe strongly support Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity and are providing ongoing humanitarian and military assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Deputy Prime Minister, Richard Marles said:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe deployment of the E-7A Wedgetail as an additional early warning capability will help ensure that vital support flowing to Ukraine by the international community is protected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAustralia is committed to ensuring Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity prevails against Russia\u2019s assault on the rules-based order.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Foreign\u00a0Minister,\u00a0Penny Wong said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAustralia\u2019s E-7A Wedgetail deployment is a further demonstration of our support for Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAustralia stands with Ukraine to empower its people to end Russia\u2019s illegal, immoral war.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Australia is steadfast in supporting Ukraine to defend itself against Russia\u2019s illegal and immoral invasion. Ensuring Ukraine can receive international assistance is a crucial part of that. The Australian Defence Force (ADF) will deploy a Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail aircraft to Germany for approximately six months from October to help protect a vital gateway of international humanitarian and … Continue reading “AUSTRALIA TO HELP PROTECT VITAL GATEWAY OF ASSISTANCE TO UKRAINE”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21745"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21746,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21745\/revisions\/21746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}