Contact Group members have provided $55B in security assistance for Ukraine - Austin
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The members of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (the so-called Ramstein format) have already provided $55 billion in security assistance for Ukraine.
According to an Ukrinform correspondent, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said this during the opening of a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany on Friday, April 21.
.@SecDef: In total, the members of this Contact Group have provided more than $55 billion in security assistance for Ukraine. That’s a tenfold increase since we first met. pic.twitter.com/BwGmPKiYjb
— Department of Defense 🇺🇸 (@DeptofDefense) April 21, 2023
"In total, the members of this Contact Group have provided more than $55 billion in security assistance for Ukraine," he said.
According to Austin, this is a ten-fold increase since the first Ramstein format meeting was held one year ago.
