Australian Prime Minister Scott MorrisonMOSCOW, Feb 27Australia, which is already providing support to Ukraine, will help the country with weapons through NATO partners, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said. provide any possible support in the form of lethal means through our NATO partners, in particular the United States and the United Kingdom. We will work through these channels,» Morrison said after a meeting with the Cabinet. His words are quoted by the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper. According to the prime minister, NATO countries are already supporting Ukraine, and Australia will help them. Thus, the newspaper writes, Australia will finance the supply of weapons to Kiev. On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees recognizing the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, which had declared their independence from Kyiv back in 2014, and early in the morning of February 24, Russia launched a military operation against demilitarization of Ukraine. In a televised address to fellow citizens, Putin said that circumstances “require decisive and immediate action,” as the Donbass republics asked for help. According to the Russian leader, the entire responsibility for the bloodshed will be on the conscience of the ruling regime in Ukraine. Later, the Russian Defense Ministry emphasized that the Russian Armed Forces do not inflict any strikes on the cities of Ukraine: military infrastructure is disabled by high-precision means. The civilian population, according to the department, is not in danger. The Ministry of Defense added that the Ukrainian border guards «do not offer any resistance», in some cases the Ukrainian military surrender and then have the opportunity to return to their families. Over 1,000 French troops to reinforce NATO's eastern flankPosted by Maxim Gorbachev
