WASHINGTON, – The United States is scheduled to announce $500 million in military aid to Ukraine on Thursday at the final meeting of President Joe Biden’s arms-supply conference, which the United States said is critical to its defense against Russia. Kiev insists.
The Ukraine Defense Liaison Group is made up of about 50 allied nations that typically meet every few months at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, and was designated by U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to speed up and synchronize arms deliveries to Kiev. Established in 2022.
With President-elect Donald Trump set to take office on January 20, the organization’s future is uncertain. President Trump’s advisers have put forward a proposal to end the war in Ukraine that would cede much of the country to Russia for the foreseeable future.
The U.S. government has pledged more than $63.5 billion in security aid to Ukraine since the Russian invasion, and an additional $500 million could be announced later Wednesday, a U.S. official said on condition of anonymity. Ta.
On Thursday, defense leaders will meet at Ramstein Air Base for the 25th UDCG meeting.
“We are not letting this group decline. The next administration is fully welcome and encouraged… to take up the mantle of this 50-nation powerful group and continue to promote and lead this group. “We will continue to do so,” said a senior U.S. defense official. Conditions of anonymity.
“I believe it will continue to exist in some capacity, in some form, regardless of how the next team pursues it,” the source said.
Trump has billions of dollars in funds that he could use to support Ukraine’s military needs once he takes office.
The official added that Thursday’s meeting will aim to approve a roadmap for Ukraine’s military needs and goals through 2027.
The United Nations says more than 12,300 civilians have been killed in the war in Ukraine since Russia’s invasion nearly three years ago, pointing to a sharp increase in casualties from the use of drones, long-range missiles and glide bombs. .
Ukraine announced on Tuesday that its forces were “launching new offensive operations” in Russia’s western Kursk region.
Ukraine first captured parts of the Kursk region in a surprise invasion last August and has held onto it for five months, despite losing some ground.
The apparent escalation in fighting in the Kursk region comes at a critical time for Ukraine, whose outnumbered and outgunned forces are struggling to repel Russian advances in the east.
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