The fourth stage of negotiations within the anti-Putin coalition was announced by the Pentagon.
The next meeting of the contact group on the defense of Ukraine (commonly known as the “Ramstein” format) will take place on July 20 and will be held online. This is stated in a message on the Pentagon's website.
In the report on the telephone conversation between the head of the US Department of Defense Lloyd Austin and the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksii Reznikovaofficials are said to have discussed US security assistance to Ukraine to support its fight to protect its democracy, including a new $400 million package announced on July 8. Minister Reznikov provided updated information on the situation at the front.
“Minister Austin and Minister Reznikov also discussed the agenda for the next meeting of the Ukrainian Defense Contact Group (UDCG), which will be held virtually on July 20, and exchanged views on future US and Alliance assistance to Ukraine through the UDCG format,” the Pentagon press service reports.
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The next meeting in the Rammstein format will be the fourth within the framework of the anti-Putin coalition. We will remind that the first took place on April 26 at the Ramstein NATO Air Basein Germany and gathered defense ministers of almost 40 countries at one table. According to its results, the contours of collective support for the defense needs of the Ukrainian army fighting against the Russian invaders were defined. , which covers the Russian Federation itself, the defeat of Russian troops in Ukraine should take place. For this, Ukraine's partners do not need to use force, it is enough to give Ukraine weapons in the promised quantities and support economically. Oleksiy Izhak writes about this in the article “How to defeat Putin's troops in Ukraine”.
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