Australian ambassador to return to Kyiv at critical point in Russia’s war on Ukraine
Australia's ambassador will return to Kyiv next month, almost three years after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine prompted the embassy's evacuation.
The announcement by Foreign Minister Penny Wong on her first visit to Ukraine since the unprovoked assault, followed repeated calls from Ukraine, including President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to relocate Canberra's diplomatic representatives from Poland.
The visit and reopening came at what Wong called "such an important time for your country and for the future of your people", amid huge uncertainty about what impact US President-elect Donald Trump will have on the war.
Ukraine Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha‎, right, and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong talk before a flower laying ceremony at the Memory Wall o...