Strengthening Ukrainian air defense: Austin announced the creation of a new coalition of allies

The Pentagon head noted that the new coalition, headed by Germany and France, will consider options for strengthening Ukraine's air defense on the eve of winter. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced the creation of a new coalition of Western allies at the 17th meeting of the Ramstein Contact Group, which aims to strengthen Ukraine's air defense. The Pentagon press service reported this on November 22.

According to the head of the US defense department, Ukraine will meet another winter while in a state of war, so Western partners will consider the strengthening of landing equipment. Austin noted that he was counting on working together in this direction, following the example of tank and aviation coalitions already created. "I look forward to working together to identify the leaders and participants of each of our" Coalitions of Opportunities ".

We have already organized coalitions to create the Air Force of Ukraine and its information and technological potential. And today we will discuss the progress made from our last Meetings in creating a new coalition for land air defense, "Austin said. The head of the Pentagon praised the leadership of Germany and France in the organization of "this important initiative" - ​​representatives of these states have already held the first consultations on this issue last week.

"And we are collecting the resources of the entire contact group to support these efforts. Therefore, I look forward to updating from our current potential coalitions, as well as plans to create new ones," Austin emphasized. We will remind, the head of the Pentagon Lloyd Austin began the meeting "Ramstein" on the words of peace without President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.