While Scott Morrison has promised to send weapons to Ukraine, sanctions on Russia have hit Australian farmers

• Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Australia has now committed to providing weapons to Ukraine through NATO.
• The Russian invasion of Ukraine has hit global markets and supply chains.
• The cost of wheat may skyrocket by more than 60%, impacting Australian farmers, analysts warn.

Australia will supply military aid in the form of weapons, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced over the weekend, bolstering the nation’s previously announced sanctions in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. 


However the supply chain fallout could ultimately hurt Australian farmers as key food supplies out of Russia and Ukraine are halted.

It comes as Western nations stepped up support for Ukraine as the conflict intensified over the weekend and Russian forces entered Kyiv, the country’s capital, on Sunday.

Australia committed to providing weapons, non-lethal military equipment, and medical supplies to Ukraine.

The country will work with NATO to deliver weapons to Ukraine, Morrison announced on Sunday.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on Monday said Australia’s first payment of arms aid to Ukraine will be in the “millions” of dollars, with the details of payments to be given later today.

“We are working through those details with our NATO partners,” Frydenberg told ABC radio.

“It’s not going to be the same sort of quantum that the US or the UK would provide.”

Australia had already committed to sending non-lethal aid in the form of military equipment and medical supplies, but ruled out sending troops.

The country’s sanctions against Vladimir Putin and senior members of his government came into effect on Monday after being flagged over the weekend.

Travel bans and financial sanctions have been imposed against the Russian President, Foreign Minister, Defence Minister, Prime Minister and Internal Affairs Minister.

The federal government had been seeking advice from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on how to design the sanctions, after countries including the US and UK announced they would target the individuals.

Australia will also announce a broader package of humanitarian support for Ukraine on Monday, Morrison told 4BC radio.

The “important and significant” package will assist Ukraine as well as neighbouring countries such as Poland that are taking refugees from Ukraine, Morrison said. 

It is hitting African Countries and especially Egypt and SA badly as it effects the importing of food products like wheat and mealies imported by African Countries from Russia and Ukraine badly and even though the SA Foreign Affairs directly criticized the attack on Ukraine Ramaphosa panicked when the real implication hits home and there is no way SA will introduce sanctions against Russia.   

Whether sanctions against Russia will work is another question - it did not work in the pass and will not work in future.    In any event  Ramaphosa refused to participate in a democracy tele-conference which Biden organized  recently and he regards Biden as a fool.    There are many other country leaders  who shares that opinion.

So the sanction leakages will be massive  and the breakers would be countries like China, South Africa and Brazil - with the implementation by Germany and other EU countries also being questionable.   The latter relates to gas heating services in the EU from gas provided by Russia and winter is coming-  none of the EU countries will et their residents and voters freeze because of Ukraine.        

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This has nothing to do with Trump at all - but is a direct reflection on what is really going on in the Ukraine case.   Africa as a whole is dependent on Russian and Ukraine food imports and that  is a fact of life.

Ramaphosa lost his temper and stopped taking Biden seriously after the latter banned travel from South Africa and neighboring countries after the Omricon variant of the Chinese virus,   Despite scientific findings that the variant has a very light impact Biden based on unscientific guess work put in place the ban.   That was the reason why Biden si regarded as a farce by Ramaphosa and other leaders in the world.

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