UK defence secretary calls 2025 "critical" for Ukraine in war
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Fri, 11 Apr 2025 13:51:23 +0300
UK Defence Secretary John Healey has stated that the year 2025 will be critical in the war against Russia, urging allies to urgently strengthen their military support for Ukraine.
Source Sky News, as reported by European Pravda Quote Our job as defence ministers is to get urgent military aid into the hands of Ukrainian war fighters.
Details Healey addressed participants of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group also known as the Ramstein Format during a speech at NATO headquarters in Brussels.
He called on those present to reconsider how they can assist Kyiv.
Today, we will pledge billions more in more funding to Ukraines military, Healey said.
He also highlighted the 350 million about US457 million allocated by the United Kingdom earlier this morning part of a broader aid package worth 450 million about US580 million, which, he said, will strengthen UKUkraine industrial ties and provide Kyiv with more weapons.
2025 is the critical year for the war in Ukraine, and this is the critical moment, Healey stated.
We stand with you in the fight and in the peace, he concluded.
Background A meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group is being held in Brussels on 11 April, cochaired by the United Kingdom and Germany.
The previous meeting the first since the change in the US administration was also held in Brussels on 12 February and chaired by the UK.
At that meeting, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth claimed that restoring Ukraines borders to their pre2014 lines was not a realistic goal.
He also said the United States did not see Ukraines NATO membership as a likely outcome of a peaceful resolution to the war.
Under the Joe Biden administration, previous Ramstein meetings were chaired by the United States.
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