By Micheal Chukwuebuka, Reporting
Ukraine’s Western allies are gathering with President Volodymyr Zelensky at a US base in Germany in their last meeting before Donald Trump returns to the White House in less than two weeks.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is expected to announce a substantial new military aid package for Kyiv at the meeting at Ramstein Air Base on Thursday, that will include representatives from around 50 countries.
Volodymyr Zelensky and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin
NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte, and EU foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, are also expected at the Ukraine Defence Contact Group meeting alongside German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius.
Russian and Ukrainian forces engaged in fierce fighting in the almost three-year-old war are looking to secure their battlefield positions before Trump’s January 20 inauguration.
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