Germany will provide Ukraine with additional IRIS-T guided missiles for air-defence systems at short notice, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius announced at a meeting at the US Ramstein Air Base in western Germany on Thursday.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin answered a plea from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for more help to keep Russian warplanes away from its cities and borders with a $500 million package of fresh military aid.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made the announcement Thursday during his final trip as Pentagon head to Ramstein Air Base in Germany, where he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Austin also hosted the Ukraine Defense Contact Group ...

The Pentagon has announced what is included in the US$500 million military aid package for Ukraine, which was announced by Lloyd Austin, US Secretary of Defense. Source: statement by the Pentagon press service,

The Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG), comprised of about 50 allies who usually meet every few months at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, was started in 2022 by U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to speed and synchronize the delivery of arms to Kyiv.

The White House seized a rare chance to undermine Russia and build up regional allies as it built a coalition to support the Ukrainians.

The US has committed over US$63.5 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since Russia's invasion. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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As the Trump administration prepares to take office, Zelenskyy and Austin stress the importance of continued military aid for Ukraine's defense

Unfortunately, years of anti-Chinese rhetoric make it extremely difficult for Europe, which is far less courageous and pragmatic than Trump's United States, to admit that the new president's assessment is correct, i.e., that no agreement would be considered solid unless China is involved.