Pete Hegseth to skip meeting of Ukraine Defense Contract Group on organizing military aid

5 June 2025, 10:00

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will not be in attendance at an international group meeting on the coordination of military aid to Ukraine. The meeting, set for Wednesday, involves more than 50 defense leaders—but will not include the US.

Hegseth will be heading to Brussels, but will arrive in the afternoon, after the morning meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contract Group. This is the first time the US will not attend a meeting of the group the US created three years ago, at the start of the war between Russia and Ukraine, the AP reports.

Hegseth will reportedly not attend via remote link, either.

The group was created by Biden administration Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. The meetings had been monthly under the Biden administration. Together, the group’s participant nations gave Ukraine 126 billion in weapons, military assistance, and aid. More than half of that total came from the US.

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