NATO chief assesses Ramstein's prospects and hopes for new aid packages to Ukraine
Photo: NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (Getty Images)
The Ramstein format assumes that Ukraine will receive what it needs to fight Russian aggression. New aid packages may be announced in the coming days, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte says during a press conference before the Ramstein meeting.
“What the Ramstein format secures doing is making sure that allies and other countries outside of NATO commit to make sure that Ukraine has what it needs, particularly support with complete material to fight the war against Russia,” Rutte says.
He adds that he had already mentioned some of the large aid packages in recent weeks in Canada, Sweden, the Netherlands, and France.
“And no doubt, I hope today and also coming days you will see new announcements coming out,” the NATO Secretary General adds.
New Ramstein
On Wednesday, February 12, the 26th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in the Ramstein format will take place at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. This is the first meeting since the inauguration of Donald Trump.
The United States is represented at the meeting by the new head of the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth. It is also the first time that the meeting in the Ramstein format is chaired by the United Kingdom and not the United States.
Ukraine's Defense Minister Rustem Umerov has already met with Pete Hegseth in Brussels. According to Umerov, the agenda will include timely delivery of aid, strengthening of air defense, supply of ammunition and aircraft, and expansion of defense production.
