More nations expected to sign up for Pentagon’s Ukraine aid group

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More nations expected to sign up for Pentagon’s Ukraine aid group
By Joe Gould and Sebastian Sprenger
May 20, 04:13 PM
German Federal Minister of Defence Christine Lambrecht (L), U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley (2L), U.S. Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin (C) and Ukrainian Minister of Defence Oleksii Reznikov (R) attend the Ukraine Security Consultative Group meeting at Ramstein Air Base on April 26, 2022. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON — A group of international defense chiefs convened by U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to coordinate military aid for Ukraine is likely to expand when it meets for the second time on Monday.

The Ukraine Contact Group, which included 40 member countries at the inaugural gathering at Ramstein Air Base in Germany on April 26, has since attracted more interest. U.S. defense officials declined to give a tally as the responses were still rolling in. The meeting will be held by video teleconference.

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