Pentagon Announces 24th Meeting of Ukraine Defence Contact Group "Ramstein" in Germany This Friday

The next meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine's defence, the so-called Ramstein format, will take place in Germany this Friday.

This was announced on Tuesday during a briefing by Pentagon spokesman General Patrick Ryder.

‘Secretary Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Brown will travel to Ramstein Air Base in Germany on Thursday to hold an in-person meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group on 6 September,’ the US defence official said.

This will be the 24th meeting of the UDCG since Secretary Austin formed the international group in April 2022. The Secretary and the Chairman will join defence ministers and senior military officials from nearly 50 countries to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine and the international community's continued close coordination to provide Ukraine with the support it needs to defend itself.