Consultation between the US and Ukrainian defense ministers about new Russian missiles

According to Isna, this consultation was held while the United States announced that it will send 725 million dollars of missiles, ammunition, anti-personnel mines and other weapons to Kyiv. This is while the outgoing administration of US President Joe Biden is looking to strengthen Kyiv before leaving power.

Pentagon press secretary Pat Ryder said in a statement: “US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday criticized the recent barrage of Russian missiles and unmanned aerial systems targeting civilian infrastructure in Ukraine, as well as the use of an intermediate-range ballistic missile in Ukraine, which indicates It is the re-escalation of Russia’s war against Ukraine, he condemned.

In late November, Russia fired a hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile into the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. This was in response to the actions of the United States and Britain, which allowed Kiev to invade Russian territory with advanced Western weapons, and after that the 33-month war escalated.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustom Umerov said the call also focused on “strategic planning for 2025, especially regarding the supply of weapons, equipment and equipping our units,” according to Reuters.

Given that the US strategy towards Ukraine is expected to change when US President-elect Donald Trump takes office on January 20, Kiev is worried that aid from Washington, as Ukraine’s biggest supporter in the fight against Russia, will be significantly reduced. find

Umerov also said he spoke with Lloyd Austin about preparations for the upcoming meeting of the Ramstein Group, a coalition of NATO, the European Union and countries that have supported Kiev.

The Minister of Defense of Ukraine did not provide information about the time of this meeting. Ukrainian media, including online newspaper Pravda, reported that the meeting could take place in December. This will probably be the last meeting of the Kiev allies before Trump takes office.

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