The Australian government will provide AU$70 million (US$50 million) to purchase military equipment and weapons for Ukraine in its efforts to fend off an ongoing Russian invasion. Prime Minister Scott Morrison made the announcement following a meeting of the National Security Committee and will see the funds channelled to NATO where it will be decided how the money is distributed. A further $35 million of humanitarian aid will be delivered to provide shelter, food, and medical care. “The overwhelming majority of that ($70 million) will be in the lethal category,” the prime minister told reporters on March 1. “We are talking missiles, ammunition, we are talking supporting them in their defence of their own homeland in Ukraine.” Morrison would not go into specifics of what type of lethal military aid was being provided and how it would be delivered. “I don’t plan to give the Russian government a heads-up about …