WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) – US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin wants to discuss the war in Ukraine with colleagues from several countries next week at the US Air Force base in Ramstein in Rhineland-Palatinate. The meeting should take place next Tuesday, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby announced on Thursday. Kirby did not provide details on the list of participants. But not only NATO countries would be invited, he said.
One goal of the meeting is the lasting security and sovereignty of Ukraine. It should therefore be about Ukraine’s defense requirements beyond the current war. “We think it’s time to have that discussion as well,” Kirby said. In addition, it should be about the further military support of Ukraine. Earlier in the day, the US government announced $800 million in new military aid./nau/DP/he