Relationship dossier
Australia
Ukraine
Relationship assessment
Australia has provided substantial assistance to Ukraine, while Ukraine has pursued close diplomatic engagement with Australia.
Australia toward Ukraine
+60Australia has supplied Ukraine with military assistance, including Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles, and provided humanitarian and financial support. The Australian government has also imposed sanctions on Russia in response to its actions against Ukraine and backed Ukraine diplomatically.
Ukraine toward Australia
+35Ukraine has engaged the Australian government to seek support for its defense and sovereignty. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the Australian Parliament on 31 March 2022, appealing for further assistance and strengthening high-level diplomatic engagement.
Overall relationship
+50The relationship is substantially cooperative, particularly through Australia’s military, humanitarian and financial assistance to Ukraine and its diplomatic support for Ukrainian sovereignty. Ukraine’s direct diplomatic outreach to Australia, including Zelenskyy’s parliamentary address, reinforces that partnership. The strongest features are concentrated in the response to Russia’s invasion; the breadth of cooperation in other areas is less clear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Australia has strongly supported Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion, providing military, humanitarian and financial assistance, including Bushmaster protected vehicles, and imposing sanctions on Russia. Ukraine has actively engaged the Australian government to seek support, including through President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s address to the Australian Parliament. The relationship is marked by substantial Australian assistance and close diplomatic alignment over Ukraine’s defense and sovereignty.
Key developments
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the Australian Parliament and sought further support for Ukraine.
Australia supplied Ukraine with Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles as part of its military assistance.
Australia provided Ukraine with humanitarian and financial assistance and imposed sanctions on Russia in response to its invasion.
Major uncertainties
- The full scale and implementation of Australia’s successive assistance commitments are unclear.
- The extent of bilateral cooperation beyond security, humanitarian and diplomatic support is unclear.