Albanese says Australian government now ‘open to consideration’ of sending troops to Ukraine

Prime minister departs from government's earlier stance that support for possible coalition of the willing' was not under consideration'

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Australia's prime minister says his government will consider any proposal to send troops to Ukraine as part of a multinational peacekeeping force, as Europe considers a coalition of the willing" to enforce any peace deal.

White House officials confirmed a dramatic halt of all US military aid to Ukraine, days after the US president, Donald Trump, clashed with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in the Oval Office.