The next meeting of the contact group on the defense of Ukraine will be held at the US Ramstein airbase in Germany on April 21, Radio Liberty reports.. There, the heads of the defense departments of the partner states gathered for the first time to discuss assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the spring of 2022..

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin plans to chair the meeting, US Air Force Europe said..

Austin invited defense secretaries and military officials from around the world to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine and various security issues facing the US and allies..

The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov reported that the priorities for our side at the meeting would remain unchanged: this is the acquisition of additional air defense equipment, including combat aircraft, armored vehicles and 155-caliber heavy artillery shells, as well as electronic warfare equipment.

The previous, 10th meeting in the Ramstein format took place on March 15.