The Ministry of Defense named the date and place of the new “Rammstein”: what they will talk about

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When is the next Rammstein/Channel 24 Collage

The next Ramstein meeting will take place tentatively in the week of September 18th. It will take place at the Ramstein air base in Germany.

This Channel 24 was told by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov, noting that air defense remains a priority for Ukraine with all its components.

“More systems – more missiles, radars. Also aviation as part of air defense. The second thing is artillery and ammunition for it, ammunition. The third thing is, as I say, a “steel fist” – all types of armored vehicles,” Reznikov said. .

We are talking, in particular, about armored personnel carriers, armored cars, tanks, armored vehicles for evacuating the wounded and all types of spare parts for them.

Currently, work is underway on the future concept of the Ukrainian Defense Forces . Therefore, partners should also understand how they need to plan their budgetsand dispersal of own production. The allies will support Ukraine, but each country must understand why.

If, say, we have 2 types of Leopard: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2. What does this mean? And this means that on the basis of Leopard 1, Gepard drives on its chassis – this is also Leopard 1, the Marder armored vehicle drives. That is, someone has to repair, maintain. Leopard 2 also needs to be serviced by someone, – said the head of the defense department.

It is also about the training of the Ukrainian military, the renewal of brigades and the formation of new ones. According to the Minister of Defense, in almost all countriestraining continueseither with specific types of weapons or equipment, or the usual training of a young soldier – from a trench, his assault, tactical medicine, assistance, etc.< /p>

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There is no less help

Reznikov said that none of the partners did not fall down in the monetary equivalent of assistance to Ukraine. It's just that many allies no longer have some kind of weapon. Especially it is said about Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Luxembourg and Poland.

They, added the Minister of Defense, give everything they can, becausebelieve in the victory of Ukraineand in what is needed defeat the enemy on the battlefield. And the enemy for all these countries is Russia. Also, these countries have launched investments in manufacturing, humanitarian aid or hospitals.

“As a percentage of their GDP, they are champions. But they don’t have the same budgets as in the US, Great Britain, Germany or France, because they are champions in terms of money. But in percentage terms, those small countries will be champions,” Reznikov said. .

According to him, there is definitely no trend towards a decrease in Western aid. He noted that the political activity of parliaments will revive in autumn. They will decide how much money to put into their defense and assistance to Ukraine in 2024.

Why is Rammstein in the fall important? Because we will communicate. Our visions for the future and for the next years, so that they also hear it from us, assess where they are ready to be our partners in the future, and put this into their budget plans,” Alexey Reznikov stressed.

What is known about the last meeting

• The 14th Rammstein meeting took place on July 18th. It was held as an online conference. During it, defense ministers of different countries discussed issues of further military assistance for Ukraine.
• Then the head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, promised that Ukrainian pilots would be trained on American F-16 aircraft. The Allies also considered providing Ukraine with additional air defense systems and ammunition.
• Earlier, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said that during the 14th meeting in this format, the partners continued to demonstrate unwavering support to Ukraine.