Australia to Send Bushmaster Military Vehicles to Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (on screen) addresses the Australian Parliament in the House of Representatives chamber via a video link in Canberra, Australia, on March 31, 2022. Stringer/AFP via Getty Images

Australia has agreed to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s request for Australian Bushmaster military vehicles to aid in the armoured defence against Russian forces.

Zelenskyy specifically requested the Bushmasters by name in a virtual address to Australia’s federal Parliament on March 31.