“The Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Rustem Umyerov, had a telephone conversation with the head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin. According to the minister, during the conversation he shared the latest information about the situation at the front: the dynamics of hostilities, challenges and needs of Ukrainian soldiers. “We discussed further security assistance. The United States provides us with important resources that enable our Armed Forces to be one step ahead of the enemy,” Umerov said, as quoted by the press service of the Ministry of Defense. It is reported that the interlocutors also coordinated the next steps – in particular, the meeting of the Contact Group in the Rammstein format, which will take place in early January. ”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to the minister, during the conversation he shared the latest information about the situation at the front: the dynamics of hostilities, challenges and needs of Ukrainian soldiers.
“We discussed further security assistance. The USA provides us with important resources that enable our Armed Forces to be one step ahead of the enemy,” said Umerov, quoted by the press service of the Ministry of Defense.
It is reported that the interlocutors also coordinated the next steps – in particular, the meeting of the Contact Group in the Rammstein format, which will take place in early January.
The Pentagon also reported that Umyerov and Austin discussed the planning of the next meeting of the Contact Group on Defense of Ukraine.
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As reported by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi, as of December 17, the Defense Forces are conducting active combat operations on a section of the front with a total length of more than 1,170 kilometers, the most difficult situation now is in the Pokrovsky and Kurakhiv directions. He also announced the “intense offensive actions” of Russian forces in the Kursk region, in particular with the use of units of the North Korean army.
In November, the Reuters agency, citing a high-ranking Ukrainian military source who works in the General Staff of Ukraine, reported that due to Russian counterattacks, Ukraine had lost more than 40% of the territory in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, which it captured during hostilities in August. According to the source, Russia has deployed about 59,000 troops in the Kursk region.