“The package includes additional missiles for Ukrainian air defense, more ammunition and equipment to support Ukrainian F-16 aircraft, the minister said”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“We should not give up. That’s why I’m announcing another presidential relief package today worth nearly $500 million. It includes additional missiles for Ukrainian air defense, more ammunition, air-to-surface missiles and other equipment to support Ukrainian F-16s,” Austin said.
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He added that during the meeting at the Ramstein base, he was determined to “do everything possible to help Ukraine live in freedom and security and create a more just and dignified world.”
Austin noted that Ukraine’s resistance to Russian aggression is important for other countries as well, because it is “a challenge to free people everywhere”:
“We are all interested in ensuring that autocrats cannot put their imperial ambitions above the rights of free and sovereign peoples. Ukraine is waging a just defensive war. And this is one of the most important issues of our time.”
The secretary of defense in the Biden administration, whose term ends this month, called his chairmanship of the Contact Group one of the greatest honors of his life.
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“But today is a day for business, not talk. And I look forward to another very productive meeting,” he added.
The Ramstein meeting, which was supposed to take place in October 2024 and was to be attended by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi and US President Joe Biden, was postponed after Biden canceled his trip to Germany due to Hurricane Milton in the United States.
The Ukrainian president announced that during the 25th meeting in the Rammstein format, Ukraine will present its “victory plan” to all partners.