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“Around $35 billion of the total has already been confirmed, with most funding allocated to air defense and drone capabilities.” ~ @kyivindependent_official 🇺🇦👏💙💛🙏🇪🇺

#Repost @kyivindependent_official with @use.repost_ . . . Ukraine’s partners pledged nearly $38 billion in new military aid at the 33rd meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in the Ramstein format on Feb. 12, Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said. Around $35 billion of the total has already been confirmed, with most funding allocated to air defense and drone capabilities.

Seventeen countries, including the U.K., Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Canada, and Belgium, committed additional support. According to Fedorov, more than $2.5 billion will go toward Ukrainian drones, $2 billion toward air defense, and over $500 million to the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List initiative. Partners also pledged funding for artillery ammunition, training, naval capabilities, and the urgent delivery of Patriot missiles from existing stockpiles.

Fedorov said Ukraine aims to increase Russian battlefield losses and make the war economically unsustainable for Moscow. He added that Russia suffered a record 35,000 verified troop losses in December and that Ukraine plans to raise that figure further. The Ramstein group, established in 2022, continues to coordinate military assistance as Russia intensifies winter attacks on Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure.

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“It is very important that each support package is fully implemented, and that our actions with our partners are truly coordinated and as effective as possible.” ~ Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky 🇺🇦💙💛🇺🇦

#Repost @kyivindependent_official with @use.repost_ . . . The next meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, also known as the Ramstein format, will be held in the “coming weeks,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening address on Oct. 30.

Prior to Zelensky’s announcement, the White House said on Oct. 17 that the next meeting in the Ramstein format would be held online in November virtually but did not disclose the exact date of the event.

U.S. President Joe Biden was initially supposed to convene a leader-level meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Germany on Oct. 12 but postponed it due to Hurricane Milton in the U.S.

“It is very important that each support package is fully implemented, and that our actions with our partners are truly coordinated and as effective as possible,” Zelensky said.

The Ukraine Defense Contact Group is a U.S.-led group consisting of over 50 countries, including all 32 NATO members, that convenes at the U.S. Ramstein Air Base in Germany. The last Ramstein meeting on Sept. 6 was the group’s 24th gathering since its establishment in April 2022.

The upcoming virtual Ramstein meeting will be the first one held at the leader-level. During the last one, Zelensky was present in person, securing more military aid from allies, including the U.S., U.K., Germany, and Canada.

At the initially planned Ramstein meeting, Zelensky was set to present his five-point victory plan to allies, although he met with leaders individually following the summit’s postponement.

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#Repost @kyivindependent_official with @use.repost . . . The U.S. will allocate $6 billion for military assistance for Ukraine under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), the U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced on April 26 after the U.S.-led Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) meeting, also known as the Ramstein format.

“This is the largest security assistance package that we have committed today,” Austin said during the press conference, adding that it will allow the U.S. “to procure new capabilities for Ukraine” from its own industry.

The newly announced military aid package includes interceptors for Patriot and NASAMS air defense systems, anti-drone systems, and support equipment, according to Austin.

The U.S. Defense Secretary also said that the package contains a “significant amount” of artillery ammunition, as well as air-to-ground weaponry, without specifying the numbers.

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