NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will take part in a virtual meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) on Tuesday, September 8.

NATO's press service told Ukrinform that NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, UK Secretary of State for Defense Wes Streeting, Ukrainian Defense Minister Yevhenii Khmara, and U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby would deliver opening remarks at 16:00 Kyiv time.

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As Ukrinform reported, ahead of the UDCG meeting, Ukraine provided NATO with a list of its urgent air and missile defense needs.