The announcement was made at the Ukraine Security Consultative Group, a meeting of representatives from more than 40 countries who gathered at the Ramstein air base in southwest Germany to discuss ways to continue "strengthening the arsenal of Ukrainian democracy". U.S. Secretary of...
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin attends a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at the American military's Ramstein Air Base, near Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany, March 19, 2024. Thilo Schmuelgen | Reuters U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday will try and convince Euro...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) meets with visiting U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in Kiev, Ukraine, Nov. 20, 2023. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with visiting U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in Kiev on Monday on military aid for Ukraine, the presidential...
Ukraine's defense minister says international partners vow €1.5 billion in security packages for Kyiv Ukraine's Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov on Thursday outlined some of the international security packages promised for Kyiv's fight against Russia following a NATO leaders summit in Lithuania's cap...
“In the direction of Kharkiv, Russian army units are regrouping and trying to prevent the further advance of our troops in the direction of the state border of Ukraine,” defense ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said in his regular media briefing. “To this end, the occupiers launch ...
New Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov speaks to the media following the 15th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at Ramstein Air Base on September 19, 2023 in Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany. Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty Images ...
Increasingly alarmed that U.S. security priorities lie elsewhere, a group of European countries has been working on a plan to send troops to Ukraine to help enforce any future peace settlement with Russia.
on the cusp of an arms race. European members' military spending rises to 2% of their GDP on average. The United Kingdom has voiced that its military spending will rise to 2.5% of GDP in 2027. Earlier this month, Poland stated that it planned to spend 4.7% of GDP on defense this ...
In light of the deteriorating security environment, NATO does not see any "imminent military threat against the Alliance," NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said after the meeting. In terms of defense investment, Stoltenberg said he expected 18 member states to spend 2 percent of their GDP ...
"If United States' policy is to support Ukraine in the defense of its country against the Russian Federation, you can't go halfway with that. You can't create artificial lines. I understand that means that U.S. troops are not fighting Russians. I understand even U.S. troops are not ...