UNITED24 Media
Ukraine’s partners pledged nearly $38 billion in new military assistance at the 33rd meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in the Ramstein format in Brussels, according to Ukrainian officials on February 12.
Ukraine’s Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov announced in a briefing that announcements totaled “almost $38 billion,” adding that $35 billion of that amount had already been confirmed.
Serhii Sternenko, an out-of-staff adviser to Ukraine’s defense minister, quoted Mykhailo Fedorov as saying after the Ramstein-format meeting that “partners announced defense assistance to Ukraine of almost $38 billion,” adding that most of the funds would be directed to air-defense systems, drones, the development of drone-assault units, deep-strike capabilities, and interceptor drones.
Fedorov said the “quality and structure” of military aid was changing “before our eyes,” and described Ukraine’s goal as building a defense ministry capable of stopping Russian forces “on the ground, in the air and at sea,” while preventing Russia from financing the war.