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Ukraine can assist Australia in developing new sovereign defence capabilities and asymmetric warfare, such as drones and artificial intelligence, according to the Ukrainian ambassador to Australia.
Vasyl Myroshnychenko made the comments, originally reported by The Australian newspaper, during a Justice Denied Conference in Melbourne earlier this month.
Australia has previously contributed more than $1.5 billion of defence, economic, energy and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine since the Russian invasion began in February 2022.
Myroshnychenko confirmed that the country has modern military technology, tactics and experience to share with Australia.
“We keep asking Australia for support, but we can now do more for Australia in terms of new technology, new sovereign defence capabilities and asymmetric warfare,” Myroshnychenko said.
“For the past three years, Ukraine has relied on the support of Western countries, including Australia, to send tanks, artillery and ammunition, for which we will be forever grateful, but the way our military has developed, I think the ADF has much to learn from Ukraine on asymmetric warfare and defence technology. It’s state of the art driven by necessity.
“We get equipment and technology from partners; we test what works on the battlefield and improve what works. Operational autonomous systems are something we have learned how to do, and we have demonstrated how effective they can be.
“Australia needs its own manufacturing capacity of various weapons and military equipment, to have sovereign defence capability. Drones have become a very cheap and efficient way to build up deterrence because you can carry drones 4,000 kilometres away and deploy them.
“We can teach Australia how to do it and help them set up the production you need that works.”
Earlier this week, Ukraine launched a successful wave of drone attacks targeting strategic bombers at Russian military air bases. Ukrainian armed forces allegedly used civilian trucks carrying shipping containers to transport the drones throughout five regions in Russia, before launching them in coordinated strikes on 1 June.
The “Operation Spiderweb” attacks, reportedly involving more than 117 airborne first-person view drones, occurred in the Murmansk, Irkutsk, Ivanovo, Ryazan, and Amur regions.
“What a breathtaking and daring operation by the Ukrainian Security Service. Operation Spiderweb,” Myroshnychenko said at the time.
“Eighteen months in the making, executed with surgical precision, and the result? A devastating blow to Russia’s airpower: one-third of their strategic bombers destroyed at key military airfields. The estimated damage? A staggering $7 billion.
“This isn’t just a tactical win … it’s a historic milestone in modern warfare. Just a reminder, Moscow turned to Jakarta earlier this year, hoping to base this kind of strategic aviation in Indonesia’s easternmost province.”
This article was originally published on Defence Connect, Cyber Daily’ sister brand.
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