Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says gov’t working to verify report that volunteer fight was killed by Russian forces.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pledged to take the “strongest possible action” against Russia if it is confirmed that Russian forces killed a Melbourne school teacher in their captivity in Ukraine.

  • vga@sopuli.xyz
    92·
    7 hours ago

    His advisor told him before the interview what the strongest possible action they could take is. It wasn’t very strong.

  • atro_city@fedia.io
    111·
    10 hours ago

    What could Australia even do? The article mentions Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 and how they kept relations with Russia through all of that. An Australian chap who voluntarily went to fight for Ukraine and got killed isn’t going to be able to conjure much reason to change that.

  • Gorgritch_Umie_Killa@aussie.zone
    291·
    13 hours ago

    Mate if you’ve been holding back helping the Ukrainians more until something like this has happened, theres something wrong with the your perception of this conflict.

    Also that Melbourne School Teachers a true aussie hero.

  • BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    12 hours ago

    Empty rhetoric just makes him look weak. “strongest possible action” is meaningless. He’s tried to sound tough but by saying nothing he comes across as disingenuous. And politicians wonder why people hate them!

      • Lodespawn@aussie.zoneEnglish
        1·
        7 hours ago

        The potato would be arranging to send Australian prisoners to fight for the Russians, because nothing makes a potato happier than miserable people feeling more miserable. Don’t worry … he’s not a monster …