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Ukraine Assistance Group, Now Led By U.K., Germany, Pledges ‘Record’ $23.7 Billion Aid Boost

Ukraine Assistance Group, Now Led By U.K., Germany, Pledges ‘Record’ $23.7 Billion Aid Boost
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov and UK Defence Minister John Healey hold a joint press conference on April 11, 2025 following the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels. Photo: Screenshot of livestream.

The international coalition coordinating security assistance efforts for Ukraine, now led by the U.K. and Germany, has pledged a “record boost” of $23.7 billion in new weapons aid for Kyiv. The update followed the latest Ukraine Defense Contract Group meeting on April 11 at NATO headquarters in Brussels, with the U.S. not announcing new security assistance plans and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth participating virtually in the meeting. “Given Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine, we must concede [that] peace in Ukraine…

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