Over the next two weeks, Ukraine will receive assistance from its partners that will "suit our troops". This was stated by Defense Minister Rustem Umerov to Radio Liberty following the 20th meeting of the Contact Group on Defense of Ukraine (Ramstein format), UNN reports.
"The focus was on artillery, air defense, everything related to our need for missiles, we have received this assistance and are leaving with results. I hope that in the near future, within 15 days, we will start unloading... We will receive enough artillery for the first step, and we plan to increase production, so we are leaving with a package that will suit our troops," Umerov said.
According to him, the Ukrainian military is ready for a potential offensive by the Russian armed forces from the north: "We have been fighting for 10 years, preparing, building all the defense lines, we also talked about this yesterday in Wiesbaden with our partners to strengthen the engineering component, we will always fight back and deter the enemy.
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Earlier, on March 19, at a meeting in the Ramstein format, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin noted that the United States and its partners would not allow Ukraine to fail.
"This coalition will not allow Ukraine to fail. And the free world will not allow Ukraine to fail. Just last week, the United States announced an additional $300 million in security assistance to Ukraine. This measure is aimed at supporting Ukraine's most urgent needs for air defense, artillery and anti-tank weapons," Austin emphasized.
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On March 19, the 20th meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine's Defensetook place in Germany, chaired by Lloyd Austin. This is his first visit abroad since his hospitalization. The Ramstein Club is meeting amid a critical shortage of ammunition in Ukraine and a noticeable advance of Russian troops in the east.