Australia and Canada to provide military equipment to Ukraine, Japan urges action to freeze Russian assets

In response to the Russian assault on Ukraine last week, Reuters reports on the following efforts by Australia, Canada and Japan to help Ukrainians resist Russian aggression.

The The Australian government has announced on Monday that it will provide lethal military equipment to Ukraine..

The two largest companies Canadian media outlets are pulling Russian state TV channel RT from their cable offerings .

What’s more, Canada to send additional $25 million defensive military equipment to Ukrainesaid the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Melanie Joly.

In the meantime, Japanese Prime Minister Kishida has said they need to move quickly to freeze Russian assets.

Risk sentiment remains sour after the weekend’s disappointing developments, with Russia eyeing nuclear deterrence after the West banned several Russian banks from paying SWIFT.

Source: Fx Street

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