Albanese says Australian government now ‘open to consideration’ of sending troops to Ukraine

<p>Prime minister departs from government’s earlier stance that support for possible ‘coalition of the willing’ was ‘not under consideration’</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/mar/04/australia-news-live-kevin-rudd-donald-trump-election-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-cost-of-living-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></li><li>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></li></ul><p>Australia’s prime minister says his government will consider any proposal to send troops to Ukraine as part of a multinational peacekeeping force, as Europe <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/mar/02/starmer-coalition-of-the-willing-ukraine-us-iraq">considers a “coalition of the willing”</a> to enforce any peace deal.</p><p>White House officials confirmed a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/04/us-military-aid-ukraine-pause-trump-zelenskyy-updates">dramatic halt of all US military aid to Ukraine</a>, days after the US president, Donald Trump, clashed with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/28/trump-zelenskyy-meeting-ukraine-aid-war">in the Oval Office</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/04/australia-troops-ukraine-albanese-open-to-consideration">Continue reading...</a>