Richard Marles is about as convincing as a poodle in No Man’s Land and Ukraine knows it:
Ukraine’s ambassador to Australia says there has been no request for Australian soldiers to help train his country’s forces, warning such talk risks being a distraction from the need for extra weapons.
Defence Minister Richard Marles said on Tuesday sending Australian troops to Europe to train Ukrainians was one option under consideration, as he echoed global condemnation of Russia’s barrage of missiles launched against cities on Monday, including the capital Kyiv.
But, yes, says Albo, we’ll be sending them anyway:
Mr Albanese later clarified that if Australia were to send troops to help train Ukrainians, it would be outside the war torn country somewhere else in Europe.
“The suggestion isn’t going into Ukraine. The suggestion is whether Australians could provide support for training outside of Ukraine in Europe, and we’ll give consideration to that as we’ll give consideration to the other requests,” Albanese told ABC News Breakfast.
Riiiight…
