Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pledged more military aid to Ukraine.
Albanese made the pledge after visiting the war-torn nation’s capital.
He met President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv during a surprise trip on Sunday.
Albanese has toured the devastated towns of Bucha and Irpin, describing what he saw as a “war crime”
The aid package, worth 100m Australian dollars ($68m; £56m), includes drones and 34 additional armoured vehicles.
Albanese also announced sanctions and travel bans on a further 16 Russian ministers and oligarchs and an end to imports of Russian gold.
He said he saw first-hand “the devastation and trauma” inflicted on Ukraine on his visit.
Thousands of Ukranians have been killed and towns destroyed since the invasion began on February 24.
The prime minister lit a candle for civilians buried in a mass grave in Bucha, where Russian forces are accused of committing atrocities.
In Irpin he described what he saw as “devastating”.
The PM said; “Here we have what [is] clearly a residential building.
“Another one just behind it, brutally assaulted. This is a war crime.”
In a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Kyiv, Albanese said “his country would support Ukraine for “as long as it takes”.
The extra aid announced brings total Australian assistance to Ukraine to about $390 million.
Australia is also considering reopening its embassy in the country, following the lead of other nations such as the UK and US.
Albanese joins a long list of world leaders who have visited Ukraine since the war began.
The unannounced visit came after a week-long trip to Europe, where Albanese attended a NATO summit in Madrid and met French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris.
BBC