{"id":18871,"date":"2025-04-11T23:50:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T23:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-attends-ukraine-defense-group-only-virtually\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T23:50:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T23:50:24","slug":"hegseth-attends-ukraine-defense-group-only-virtually","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-attends-ukraine-defense-group-only-virtually\/","title":{"rendered":"Hegseth Attends 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 met in Brussels on Friday to discuss aid shipments to Kyiv, one was 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 dialed in and participated virtually.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It was the first time since the group\u2019s creation three years ago that the Pentagon\u2019s top civilian was not 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 on the campaign trail<\/a> 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 mat\u00e9riel 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 in February. John Healey, Britain\u2019s defense secretary and now the group\u2019s chairman, led the meeting on Friday with Boris Pistorius, Germany\u2019s defense minister.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Sean Parnell, a Pentagon spokesman, said in a statement that the officials discussed \u201cprogress towards achieving an enduring peace to the war in Ukraine and European nations leading efforts to support Ukraine\u2019s defense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At a news conference after the meeting, Mr. Healey and Mr. Pistorius flanked their Ukrainian counterpart, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/09\/04\/world\/europe\/defense-umerov-zelensky-ukraine.html\" title=\"\">Rustem Umerov<\/a>, and spoke positively but delicately about the United States\u2019 commitment to supporting Ukraine.<\/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\">\u201cHe took part, he addressed the auditorium with some, I would say, interesting and correct assessments,\u201d Mr. Pistorius said of Mr. Hegseth. \u201cIn the future, in the weeks to come, we will see what\u2019s going to happen with the U.S. participation, with the U.S. support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI am not able to have a look in the crystal ball,\u201d Mr. Pistorius added. \u201cWe wait and see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In response to a reporter\u2019s question about Mr. Trump\u2019s priorities in sending an envoy to Moscow but not sending Mr. Hegseth to the contact group meeting, Mr. Umerov sidestepped the issue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cU.S. has told us after the new administration stepped in that they will be beside Europe, beside Ukraine, but their focus will be in Asia-Pacific or in the Pacific,\u201d Mr. Umerov said. \u201cThey\u2019re still participating in U.D.C.G. They are providing us security assistance, and they took a lead in a peace initiative, which they are focused.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Hegseth\u2019s predecessor, Lloyd J. Austin III, said goodbye to the organization in January during its 25th meeting, which was held 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<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<\/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\">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<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\/politics\/hegseth-ukraine-defense-group.html\">Source link 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