Australia Sends Defence Aircraft, 100 Personnel to Ukraine

A Wedgetail aircraft and 100 Defence Force personnel are to be sent to Ukraine.

A Royal Australian Air Force No. 2 Squadron E-7A Wedgetail aircraft taxis to the Nellis Air Force Base runway. Courtesy of the Australian Defence Force

A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) E-7A Wedgetail aircraft and 100 Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel will be deployed to Ukraine in August to bolster efforts to contain Russia, the government has announced.

The deployment comes at the request of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and Poland.