{"id":18701,"date":"2025-04-11T05:32:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T05:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-to-attend-ukraine-defense-group-only-virtually\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T05:32:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T05:32:03","slug":"hegseth-to-attend-ukraine-defense-group-only-virtually","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-to-attend-ukraine-defense-group-only-virtually\/","title":{"rendered":"Hegseth to Attend Ukraine Defense Group Only Virtually"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">When military leaders from roughly 50 nations meet in Brussels on Friday to discuss aid shipments to Kyiv, one will be noticeably absent: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Instead of attending the gathering, the 27th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, in person, Mr. Hegseth is expected to dial in and participate virtually.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It will be the first time since the group\u2019s creation three years ago that the Pentagon\u2019s top civilian will not be physically present for an in-person meeting of the group, as the Trump administration treats Ukraine less like a partner and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/31\/world\/europe\/putin-trump-russia-ukraine.html\" title=\"\">moves closer to Russia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">President Trump <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/19\/us\/politics\/trump-promise-ending-ukraine-war.html\" title=\"\">promised<\/a> on the campaign trail to settle the war between Russia and Ukraine even before he was sworn in, and said that he could do it within 24 hours. But cease-fire negotiations with Washington, Kyiv and Moscow <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/26\/world\/europe\/russia-ukraine-us-peace-talks.html\" title=\"\">have failed to yield<\/a> an end to fighting that has led to the deaths of <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/23\/world\/europe\/ukraine-russia-soldiers-loss.html\" title=\"\">an estimated<\/a> 100,000 Ukrainian and 150,000 Russian soldiers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">U.S. leadership of the contact group had provided a lifeline of arms and materiel for Ukraine\u2019s armed forces, but the flow of goods has <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/28\/us\/politics\/trump-ukraine-weapons.html?smid=url-share\" title=\"\">largely petered out<\/a> since Mr. Trump\u2019s second inauguration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ukraine <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/05\/world\/americas\/ukraine-us-weapons-suspension.html\" title=\"\">particularly needs<\/a> air-defense munitions, such as the Patriot missiles the United States previously shipped. That was brought into sharp focus last week when a Russian missile attack in central Ukraine <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/09\/world\/europe\/ukraine-kryvyi-ri-attack.html\" title=\"\">struck near a playground<\/a>, killing 19 civilians, including nine children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Hegseth handed leadership of the contact group to Britain before its <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/13\/world\/europe\/nato-ukraine-war-eu.html\" title=\"\">last meeting<\/a>, held on Feb. 12. Britain\u2019s defense secretary, John Healey, is now the chairman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Pentagon has referred questions about the contact group to the British Defense Ministry, which has not responded to repeated requests for comment on whether Mr. Hegseth will speak at Friday\u2019s meeting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Hegseth\u2019s predecessor, Lloyd J. Austin III, said goodbye to the organization in January during its 26th meeting at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. He had spent years offering <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2025\/03\/29\/world\/europe\/us-ukraine-military-war-wiesbaden.html\" title=\"\">military advice<\/a> to the group based on his decades of combat leadership, which included multiple command tours as a general in Iraq and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe coalition to support Ukraine must not flinch,\u201d Mr. Austin said in his closing remarks at the summit. \u201cIt must not falter. And it must not fail. Ukraine\u2019s survival is on the line. But so is all of our security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Austin <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2022\/04\/26\/world\/ukraine-russia-war-news\/allies-will-keep-moving-heaven-and-earth-to-supply-ukraine-the-us-defense-chief-says\" title=\"\">created the group<\/a> just two months after Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and it <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/09\/us\/politics\/ukraine-russia-weapons-coalition.html\" title=\"\">became a potent tool<\/a> for supporting Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At the gathering in January, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/09\/us\/politics\/with-trump-arriving-zelensky-urges-allies-not-to-drop-the-ball-now.html\" title=\"\">implored the group<\/a> to \u201cnot drop the ball now\u201d when it came to supporting his nation in the form of weapons and other kinds of military hardware.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Biden administration approved 74 packages of military aid for Ukraine drawn from the Pentagon\u2019s stockpile and worth more than $34 billion. Ukraine received roughly the same amount of U.S. funding to purchase military hardware directly from American defense firms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Trump administration has not announced any new aid for Ukraine since Inauguration Day, even though roughly $3.85 billion remains untapped, according to the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The lack of new military support is not the only way the Trump administration has frozen Ukraine out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">According to Pentagon statements, Mr. Hegseth has spoken privately or met with leaders from 16 nations since <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/01\/24\/us\/pete-hegseth-defense-secretary-vote\" title=\"\">taking office<\/a>. He spoke briefly with Ukrainian officials at the contact group\u2019s January meeting, but is not otherwise known to have spoken or met with any representatives from the government or military in Kyiv.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/11\/us\/hegseth-ukraine-defense-group.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When military 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