Foreign affairs minister pledges more aid as total assistance goes past $1.5bn; woman who had worked in Australia dies in earthquake

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Penny Wong has pledged another $1.5bn in aid to Ukraine and announced that the Australian embassy in Kyiv will be reopened. On a visit to the Ukrainian capital on Wednesday, the foreign minister said the ambassador to Ukraine, Paul Lehmann, and the deputy head of mission will return to Kyiv in January. More coming up.