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Australia warns of ‘strongest possible action’ if citizen killed in Ukraine (www.aljazeera.com)
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pledged to take the “strongest possible action” against Russia if it is confirmed that Russian forces killed a Melbourne school teacher in their captivity in Ukraine.

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[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago

That's diplomatic speak for, "We will go to war over this." International diplomacy is nothing like you and I talking to one another.

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 4 points 3 days ago

We won't go to war over this.

We will threaten to add sanctions and that's it.

It took us a year and a half to send bushmasters that we were retiring

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