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US Defense Secretary Austin: We won ;t let Ukraine fail ;The bulk of U.S. aid is stuck in Congress.Copy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInThe U.S. also announced last week $300 million in military aid. | Thomas Niedermueller/Getty ImagesMarch 19, 20242:00 pm CETBy Laura KayaliRAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany 鈥?Democracies will not let Ukraine down in the face of Russian President Vladimir Putin s war of aggression, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin pledged Tuesday. The message today is clear: The U.S. wont let Ukraine fail. This coalition will not let Ukraine fail and the free world wont let Ukraine fail, he said.He was speaking ahead of tappo stanley a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, an initiative gathering more than 50 countries that meets regularly to discuss weapons deliveries to Kyiv. Its Austins first international trip since聽his hospitalization聽and the first since聽Sweden joined NATO聽earlier this month.AdvertisementAdvertisement The meeting comes after EU ministers on Monday approved the creation of a new 鈧? billion Ukraine Assistance Fund to partially refund weapons shipments to Kyiv under the European Peace Facility.The U.S. also announced last week $300 million stanley cup in military aid stanley deutschland 鈥?including ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems and 155mm and 105mm artillery shells 鈥?but President Joe Bidens $60 billion emergency aid request still sits in limbo in the U.S. Congress. Helping Kyiv win the war is a matter o Nwft Puigdemont caught, but Rajoy is prisoner of events
Movers Shakers Copy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInMarch 10, 20105:00 pm CETJan Kozlowski on 4 March took the seat in the European Parliament vacated by Janusz Lewandowski, who has been appointed as Polands European commissioner. Kozlowski, a former leader of the region of Pomerania, is a member of the Civic Platform, which sits with the European Peoples Party in the European Parliament. Haluk Kabaalioglu has been elected to the executive board of the European Law Faculties Association. Kabaalioglu is dean of the law faculty of Yeditepe Univ stanley thermobecher ersity in Istanbul. He was elected on 4 March. George Candon and Sheila Redzepi have been appointed director stanley kaffeebecher s of the Brussels office of the consultancy Weber Shandwick. Candon will be in charge of the offices consumer practice, Redzepi of its corporate practice. Both have been promoted from within Weber Shandwicks Brussels office. AdvertisementAdvertisementRelated CountriesPolandRelated PeopleJanusz LewandowskiMore from European Voice StaffBelgium owes Europe betterBelgium is the last country to decide on its nominee to the Commission, and it will dictate if Junckers college languishes at eight women, or edges up to nine. Sep 33 mins readReplacement commissioners namedItaly, Luxembourg and Poland this week named interim members of the European Commission stanley thermos mug to replace those who have joined the European Parliament.Jul 34 mins readJuncker team gets biggerCampaign manager during Commission pres