{"id":67738,"date":"2024-09-05T18:42:07","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T18:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2024\/09\/05\/pentagon-leaders-head-to-germany-for-talks-on-ukraine-military-aid\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:09:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:09:12","slug":"pentagon-leaders-head-to-germany-for-talks-on-ukraine-military-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2024\/09\/05\/pentagon-leaders-head-to-germany-for-talks-on-ukraine-military-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon leaders head to Germany for talks on Ukraine military aid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Top U.S. military leaders will be in Germany to discuss Ukraine\u2019s wartime needs as Russia has conducted one of its deadliest airstrikes in the conflict and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2024\/08\/19\/zelenskyy-envisions-buffer-zone-as-ukraine-pushes-into-kursk-region\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ukraine presses its offensive<\/a> in Russia\u2019s Kursk region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Gen. CQ Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will host a meeting Friday at Ramstein Air Force Base of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, made up of military leaders from more than 50 nations that have regularly provided funding and weapon systems to bolster Ukraine since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">Russia invaded in February 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2024\/08\/22\/us-to-send-125-million-in-new-military-aid-to-ukraine-officials-say\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Russia_Ukraine_War_79378.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US to send $125 million in new military aid to Ukraine, officials say<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The anticipated aid comes as Washington works to get a better understanding of Kyiv\u2019s incursion into Russia and how it advances broader battlefield goals.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The group&#8217;s priorities include bolstering Ukraine\u2019s air defenses and \u201cenergizing of the defense industrial bases\u201d of allies to ensure long-term support for Kyiv, Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon\u2019s press secretary, said in a statement Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs Secretary Austin has said, Ukraine matters to U.S. and international security,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukraine\u2019s allies face <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nato-summit-ukraine-russia-china-biden-66656f03cd5e203d4074bdb2ead8abd8\">renewed calls<\/a> from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for additional air defenses and loosened restrictions on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/electronic-warfare\/2024\/08\/26\/ukraine-counts-on-missile-drone-hybrid-to-strike-deep-into-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\">how far into Russia<\/a> Ukraine can fire American-provided munitions. He has long pushed allies to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2024\/05\/30\/biden-partially-lifts-ban-on-ukraine-using-us-arms-in-russia-strikes\/\" target=\"_blank\">go further to support Ukraine\u2019s effort<\/a> to fend off Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The meeting comes after Russia used two ballistic missiles to target a military academy and nearby hospital this week in Ukraine, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-missile-strike-poltava-region-a53f1a4500ef52e4bf8217ee0e8bca84\" target=\"_blank\">killing more than 50 people<\/a> and wounding over 270 others, in one of the deadliest strikes of the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAir defense systems and missiles are needed in Ukraine, not in a warehouse somewhere,\u201d Zelenskyy said on his Telegram channel this week. \u201cLong-range strikes that can protect us from Russian terror are needed now.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So far, the Biden administration has kept relatively strict control over how the missiles it provides Ukraine can be used. Ukraine can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/2024\/06\/23\/pentagon-ukraine-may-fire-us-missiles-into-russia-in-self-defense\/\" target=\"_blank\">defensively fire at Russian targets<\/a> along the border, but the U.S. prohibits their use deeper into Russia, out of concern that such a strike would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2024\/06\/28\/russia-warns-of-possible-response-to-us-drone-flights-over-black-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\">further escalate the war<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There has been no change in the policy on Ukraine\u2019s use of U.S.-supplied weapons, Ryder told reporters Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That the group of military leaders from Ukraine\u2019s allies has continued to meet and agree to send weapons is extraordinary, however. Global pressure on weapons stockpiles has increased and contributors such as the U.S. face competing demands for that aid to bolster <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/breaking-news\/2024\/08\/02\/us-to-boost-military-presence-in-middle-east-amid-growing-tensions\/\" target=\"_blank\">security in the Middle East<\/a> and the Indo-Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2022, the member nations together have provided about $106 billion in security assistance to Ukraine. The U.S. has provided more than $56 billion of that total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The group&#8217;s meeting also comes as Zelenskyy has signaled a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ukraine-russia-resign-kuleba-bb5195cc2df40d32bac374ece6dbc0b8\">major reshuffling<\/a> of his cabinet-level leaders. 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