The Australian government has announced that it will gift 20 Bushmaster military vehicles to Ukraine, with the first three leaving Australia on April 8. “We are responding to President Zelensky’s request for additional support. On top of military assistance and humanitarian aid Australia is already providing, we will be sending Bushmasters to help Ukrainians defend their nation. The first three are leaving today,” Australian Defence Minister Peter Dutton said on Twitter on April 8. Two of the Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles will be fitted out as ambulance variants to aid Ukraine’s response to Russia’s invasion. “The Bushmaster was built in Australia to provide protected mobility transport, safely moving soldiers to a battle area prior to dismounting for close combat,” a joint statement by Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Dutton reads. “The Bushmaster is well suited to provide protection to the Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers and Ukrainian civilians against mines and improvised …