Security in Black Sea and air defence coalition: Ukraine's Defence Minister speaks of Ramstein meeting results

Wednesday, 22 November 2023, 22:47

Rustem Umierov, Ukraine’s Defence Minister, announced the results of the 17th meeting in the Ramstein format on the evening of 22 November.

Source: Umierov on Facebook

Details: According to Umierov, the meeting formed a new coalition of Ground-Based Air Defence. Leaders in the coalition are Germany and France, with 20 other countries participating in total. 

The Netherlands has prepared €2 billion for military assistance to Ukraine.

Estonia will provide US$1.5 million for the activities of the IT coalition in addition to Luxembourg's commitment of €10 million.

The UK and Norway, within the framework of the Maritime Coalition, will look for ways to further strengthen security in the Black Sea. In addition, along with counterparts in Brussels, work will continue on the movement of Ukraine towards NATO.

Quote: "More than 50 countries joined the meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group. Support for Ukraine remains unwavering.

I am grateful to our partners who have already begun to announce new packages of military assistance. The biggest and most powerful announcements are not for disclosure."

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