Ukraine’s Ambassador to Australia Vasyl Myroshnychenko Publicly “Extorting” Australia for More Cash in a Bizarre Rant in Canberra
1. “Let me tell you Australia, this war is next door. It’s so close that you cannot even imagine.”
2. “Ukraine is asking Australia for more support because if Ukraine falls, Australia will crumble.”
3. “Most of the countries in the world don’t support Ukraine.”
4. “The Western world has lost the global south.”
The Canberra Times quoted Ambassador Myroshnychenko making the statements above in a National Press Club address to a University of Canberra event.
Ukrainian ambassador Vasyl Myroshnychenko says the “war” on democracy is “so close” to Australia.
War against democracies ‘next door’ to Australia: envoy
The threat to democracies posed by authoritarian regimes is “so close you cannot even imagine”, Ukraine’s top diplomat in Australia has warned.
Addressing a University of Canberra event at the National Press Club, Vasyl Myroshnychenko said if democracy was to survive Ukraine must win the conflict started by Russia.
“The reason we’re asking for support is because if we fall, you all will crumble,” he said on Monday.
“Let me tell you Australia, this war is next door.
“It’s so close that you cannot even imagine.”
The ambassador said the western world had lost the global south.
“Most of the countries don’t support us … globally, and that’s a matter of democracy,” he said.
Mr Myroshnychenko said Australia with its capital, expertise, and technology could help Ukraine mine rare earths.
“We should create an alliance of democracies in rare earth and critical minerals,” he said.Washington and Kyiv signed a deal to set up a joint reconstruction investment fund to attract investment for Ukrainian projects in minerals.
The European Union’s ambassador to Australia Gabriele Visentin said the bloc was watching Australia’s decision to set up a $1.2 billion critical minerals reserve “with interest”.
He said a Memorandum of Understanding signed last year between Australia and the EU on critical minerals was a “no brainer”.
The latest strikes on Ukraine by Russian forces involved 360 drones and missiles.
The EU was working to ensure no more than 65 per cent of any strategic mineral would come from a single supplier, except countries the bloc had a free-trade agreement with or a strategic partnership, which is the case with Australia.
Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
In an overnight attack, it launched more than 360 drones and missiles, the highest number in a single night.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong said the “abhorrent” missile attacks demonstrated Russia wasn’t serious about wanting to end its war.
“Ukraine’s citizens continue to bravely resist Russia’s aggression,” she said in a post on X.
“We grieve the civilian lives lost.”
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