Peter Dutton says Trump ‘got it wrong’ when he called Zelenskyy a ‘dictator without elections’

Anthony Albanese doesn't explicitly rebuke US president but stresses Australia stands with Ukraine

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The federal opposition leader, Peter Dutton, says Donald Trump got it wrong" when he attacked Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a dictator" who could soon lose his country.

Anthony Albanese, meanwhile, did not directly rebuke the US president on Thursday but stressed Australia stood with Ukraine in the war against Russia.

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