The United States expects Allies to take greater responsibility for Ukraine, while Kyiv proposes that partners hand over missiles from existing stocks in exchange for future deliveries
On September 8, Ukraine’s allies held the 36th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in the Ramstein format. The virtual meeting was marked not only by new faces in the Ukrainian delegation, but also by a fundamental shift in the rhetoric of key partners. As the cold season approaches and Russia’s aerial terror intensifies, the meeting was co-chaired by British Defense Secretary Wes Streeting and German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius.
Defense chiefs from 50 countries around the world took part, along with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby.
For the first time, Ukraine was represented by Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Mykhailo Drapatyi and Defense Minister Yevhenii Khmara, who outlined the country’s urgent needs ahead of the meeting: the provision of additional air defense and missile defense systems.
Did our partners hear us? Ukrinform’s review.
