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Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov said that a meeting of the international contact group on providing military assistance to Ukraine in the Ramstein format will be held next week.

What is the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at Ramstein, and what is its purpose? Sputnik explains.

In total, the members of the Contact Group on the Defense of Ukraine have provided Ukraine with more than $55 billion in aid, the allies are united as never before and will support Ukrainians for as long as it takes, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba said that the next meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (Ramstein format) would soon take place, at which new important decisions would be announced.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky called on the EU countries to create a financial "Ramstein" to help Ukraine in the reconstruction and recovery of the economy.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal says the financial coordination platform should be chaired by the European Union, the United States and Ukraine with the involvement of international financial organizations.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal has said that an international coordination financial platform for the restoration of Ukraine should be created by the end of 2022.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has proposed that the world financial community take three urgent steps to support Ukraine: create a "financial Ramstein," ensure economic recovery and assistance to Ukrainians, and create a mechanism to support investments and insure them against military risks.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, who leads Ukraine Defense Contact Group in the Ramstein format, has said that the group will continue to build Ukraine's defensive capacity in its fight against the Russian aggression today and for a long haul.

The first thing on the agenda of the Ramstein meeting, which began in Brussels on Wednesday, is the strengthening of Ukraine's air defense, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said.