< IMG Title = "The ghost of Afghanistan hangs above Trump: what to expect from Ramstein and what will be the role of the USA" Width = "632" Height = "356" SRC = "https://cdn.fakty.com.ua/wp- Content/Uploads/2025/01/14/Pit_gegseet-E1736894072885-632X356.JPG "Class =" Attachment-_as_632_356 SIZE-_AS_632_356 WP-POST-IMAGE "ALT =" PIT GEGST RCSET = "https: //cdn.fakty. COM.UA/WP-Content/UPLOADS/2025/01/14/PIT_GEGSET-E1736894072885-632X356.JPG 632W, https://cdn.fakty.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/01/14/pit _gegset -e1736894072885-300x169.jpg 300W, https://cdn.fakty.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/14/pit_gegseet-e173689407285-768x432.jpg 7688W, HTTP S: //cdn.fakty.com .ua/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/14/pit_gegset-e1736894072885-200x113.jpg 200w, https://cdn.fakty.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/14/pit_gegset- E1736894072885.jpg 1280W "SIZES =" (Max-Width: 632PX) 100VW, 632PX "Depoding =" Async " /> < p >On Wednesday, February 12, the first meeting of the contact group on the defense of Ukraine will be held with the participation of the new head of the Pentagon of Pygset.
< p > this Ramstein will also become unique in that the meeting that will be held in Brussels will not be headed not by the United States, but by the UK. < h2 > new pentagon head Pete Hegset will take part in Ramstein< p > hegset in a statement in which he confirmed participation in the contact group, said that at his first meeting he would discuss with other members and partners on NATO it is necessary to increase defense expenses in the alliance. < p > now Look < p > In addition, the head of the Pentagon stated that there will be an increase in security obligations to Ukraine by Europe. also, together with colleagues, the Hegset plans to discuss the expansion of the military-industrial base on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
< p >According to the US Department of Defense, Pete Hegset also “ confirm the commitment of President Trump to the diplomatic cessation of war in Ukraine as soon as possible ” and “ emphasize the need to strengthen European leadership in providing assistance to Ukraine in the field of security ”.< p > at the same time he plans to visit Germany and Poland within a week.
< p > on the meeting of Ramstein on February 12 previously reported the British representative office in NATO.
< p > Before that, the head of the Ministry of Defense of Germany Boris Pistorius said that the next meeting in Ramstein format will take place in Brussels before the start of the Munich Security Conference, which will be held from February 14 to 16. 62 ~ < p >In the past, the parties agreed that some of the functions that were performed within the framework of Ramstein were already transferred to NATO coordination. The NSATU mission (NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine), located in the German city of Wiesbaden, will be engaged in this. At the same time, while the mission does not initiate meetings and convenes ministers or representatives of the countries participating in the contact group to the meeting. what to expect from the nurse of the hegset on Ramstein< p > In the commentary of the facts of ICTV, Ukrainian political scientists unanimously believe that for the United States under the presidency of Donald Trump, a meeting in the format of Ramstein on February 12 will become an introductory, since Pete heads the Pentagon will need to be included in the course of affairs. < /p > < blockquote >< p >— I do not think that we will see or hear any specific offers from the United States. For the hegset, this will be more an introductory story: it will observe, go into a state of affairs, communicate with his colleagues. I hope that they (ministers of the defense, — < strong > red .) Should convince the hegset in certain things if he had some doubts about the fact that he had any doubts about Who needs to be supported in this war, and who in this war is an aggressor country, — Says political scientist Igor Reiterovich.
< p > he adds that it is hardly worth expecting from this Ramstein some new support packages from the United States.
< p > — In the end, this is not necessarily now, because support from the United States comes, and it will continue until it exhausted, based on the decisions that the Biden administration made. It will be such a fairly long story, so in this regard we can be calm, — Says a political scientist.< p >At the same time, the expert believes, now for Europe there is “ a very good opportunity to demonstrate its leadership and take responsibility ” regarding where to move in the issue of supporting Ukraine.
< p > positive signal for Kyiv is that the United States does not refuse the contact group format and take part in it, despite the fact that the leadership in Ramstein is now entrusted to the UK. < p > < p > — Now there will be the entire analytical apparatus in the UK, they will be responsible for organizing, conducting, analysts, etc., — Says political scientist Oleg Sahakyan.
< p >Igor Reiterovich indicates that it is also important that the Donald Trump government decided not to abandon the people who were engaged in the work of Ramstein, despite the fact that the mass reduction of employees of the federal government continues in the United States themselves.
< blockquote >< p > — They are afraid to move away from this format, because the same ghost of Afghanistan hangs over Trump (we are talking about the withdrawal of the US troops from Afghanistan in 2021, — < Strong > Red < p > on the issue of supporting Ukraine by the United States, then political scientist Oleg Sahakyan agrees here with Reiterovich. According to him, now the United States is unlikely to supply military assistance, and Great Britain has already taken the leading role in Ramstein. at the end, political scientists say, the US decision regarding further policy in interaction with Russia and Ukraine will be decided taking into account how Washington will negotiate with Kiev and Moscow. ~ 60 > < blockquote >< p > — Nevertheless, it will depend on which decision will make Trump, how he will respond to certain actions from the Russian Federation and to what this will actually lead to. That is, for them now this is an introductory story. When they more or less familiarize themselves, then they will already change their opinion, position and, possibly, take more obligations, — Says Reiterovich.
< p > political scientist Igor Reiterovich summarizes that the United States can return to Ramstein format both in lamblia format for Ukraine and in interaction through “ Barter ” when Kyiv will compensate for the costs of assistance with rare -earth metals in which Trump previously showed.
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