Lloyd Austin convenes tenth meeting of defense leaders to help Ukraine
On Wednesday, U.S. defense officials will meet with counterparts from almost 50 countries to discuss UkraineRecent needs in the fight against Russian aggression.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin Gen. Mark Milley They will host the tenth Defense Contact Group meeting from the Pentagon. Oleksii Reznikov (Ukraine Defense Minister) will join them.
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“And as we surge more equipment to Ukraine, we remain focused on accountability — along with our Ukrainian partners,” Austin stated these words in comments to media before the meeting started. “In just the past three months, members of this Contact Group have shown great leadership in building up the capabilities that Ukraine needs to defend its sovereignty and create momentum on the battlefield, including more than nine brigades of tanks and other armored vehicles.”
Austin said that the group “is focused on coordinating one-term sustainment” for Ukraine, which includes finding new donations of ammunition and air defense systems and creating innovative solutions to industrial-production problems.
Brig. Brig. “will be another opportunity to bring the international community together to focus on Ukraine’s most urgent needs, to include ammunition. And so again, that will continue to be our focus and — and you’ve heard Secretary Austin and others say that we’re committed to making sure that they have what they need to be successful.”
The war in Ukraine It is located in the small town of BakhmutThe resulting was the The primary battleground For months, the Ukrainian forces have continued to fight despite incremental gains by Russia in the city. As they approach the city’s center, Russian forces are finding it more difficult to fight.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky In his Sunday night address, he stated that 1,100 Russian soldiers had been killed since March 6th and that another 1,500 were severely wounded in Bakhmut. The fighting is also causing heavy losses for Ukraine.
Ukrainian battalion commander at the 46th Air Assault Brigade Submitted The Washington Post This week, he announced that his battalion was unrecognizable after one year of war due to the high number soldiers who were killed or wounded in battle.
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