US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has departed for Germany to attend the 25th meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group at the Ramstein Air Base, which is his last one before the end of the Biden administration.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin answered a plea from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for more help to keep Russian warplanes away from its cities and borders with a $500 million package of fresh military aid.

The Biden administration on Thursday announced $500 million in additional military aid for Ukraine as Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin asserted that Russian President Vladimir Putin is getting desperate after nearly 3 years of war.