U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will join the meeting of the Contact Group on Defense of Ukraine (in the "Ramstein" format) on April 11 - via teleconference, after earlier reports of his likely absence at the meeting, UNN writes, citing Politico.
The day after the meeting of the "coalition of the willing," NATO hosts the Contact Group on Defense of Ukraine, which the Americans created to organize military assistance to Ukraine. Great Britain and Germany will chair, and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will join via teleconference
Earlier
Defense News reported that for the first time since the founding of the Contact Group on Defense of Ukraine, its meeting was allegedly to take place without a representative of the U.S. Department of Defense USA. The meeting will be held on April 11 in Brussels, chaired by Germany and Great Britain.