{"id":1887493,"date":"2023-03-15T11:15:24","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T15:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lloyd-austin-convenes-tenth-meeting-of-defense-leaders-to-help-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2023-03-15T11:16:47","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T15:16:47","slug":"lloyd-austin-convenes-tenth-meeting-of-defense-leaders-to-help-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lloyd-austin-convenes-tenth-meeting-of-defense-leaders-to-help-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Lloyd Austin convenes tenth meeting of defense leaders to help Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flloyd-austin-convenes-tenth-meeting-of-defense-leaders-to-help-ukraine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1887493&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_78830170\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">                <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Russian aircraft collides with unmanned US drone over the Black Sea\">               <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"A Russian aircraft collided with an unmanned U.S. system over the Black Sea on Tuesday. Two Russian Su-27 aircraft dumped fuel on and in front of a U.S. Air Force MQ-9 unmanned aircraft \" several times before one of them struck its propeller causing u.s. forces to bring it down in international waters according a statement from european command. pentagon spokesman brig. gen. patrick ryder said the russian aircraft ran into mq-9.>               <meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M44S\">               <meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-03-14 21:42:01\">               <meta itemprop=\"thumbnailURL\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/snapshot\/1262580_th_1678830165.jpg\">               <meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/sd\/1262580.mp4\">              <\/div>\n<p>               <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> var _bp=_bp||[]; _bp.push({ \"div\": \"Brid_78830170\", \"obj\": {\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"16\",\"height\":\"9\",\"video\":\"1262580\"} }); <\/script>               <script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On Wednesday, U.S. defense officials will meet with counterparts from almost 50 countries to discuss <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine<\/a>Recent needs in the fight against <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russian<\/a> aggression.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of Defense <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lloyd-austin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lloyd Austin<\/a> Gen. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mark-milley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Milley<\/a> They will host the tenth Defense Contact Group meeting from the Pentagon. Oleksii Reznikov (Ukraine Defense Minister) will join them. <\/p>\n<p><b><u><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense-national-security\/russian-aircraft-collides-unmanned-us-drone-black-sea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT COLLIDES OVER THE BLACK SEA WITH UNMANNED US DRONE<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And as we surge more equipment to Ukraine, we remain focused on accountability \u2014 along with our Ukrainian partners,&#8221; Austin stated these words in comments to media before the meeting started. &#8220;In just the past three months, members of this Contact Group have shown great leadership in building up the capabilities that Ukraine needs to defend its sovereignty and create momentum on the battlefield, including more than nine brigades of tanks and other armored vehicles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Austin said that the group &#8220;is focused on coordinating one-term sustainment&#8221; for Ukraine, which includes finding new donations of ammunition and air defense systems and creating innovative solutions to industrial-production problems.<\/p>\n<p>Brig. Brig. &#8220;will be another opportunity to bring the international community together to focus on Ukraine&#8217;s most urgent needs, to include ammunition. And so again, that will continue to be our focus and \u2014 and you&#8217;ve heard Secretary Austin and others say that we&#8217;re committed to making sure that they have what they need to be successful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/war-in-ukraine\">war in Ukraine<\/a> It is located in the small town of <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense-national-security\/ukrainian-forces-battle-for-bakhmut\">Bakhmut<\/a>The resulting was the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/bakhmut-the-town-too-tough-to-die\">The primary battleground<\/a> For months, the Ukrainian forces have continued to fight despite incremental gains by Russia in the city. As they approach the city&#8217;s center, Russian forces are finding it more difficult to fight.<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE WASHINGTON XAMINER<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/volodymyr-zelensky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.president.gov.ua\/en\/news\/zaraz-chas-koli-vsi-istorichni-skladnoshi-dlya-ukrayini-mozh-81581\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a> In his Sunday night address, he stated that 1,100 Russian soldiers had been killed since March 6th and that another 1,500 were severely wounded in Bakhmut. The fighting is also causing heavy losses for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian battalion commander at the 46th Air Assault Brigade <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2023\/03\/13\/ukraine-casualties-pessimism-ammunition-shortage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Submitted<\/a> The <i>Washington Post<\/i> This week, he announced that his battalion was unrecognizable after one year of war due to the high number soldiers who were killed or wounded in battle.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;Read More from&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense-national-security\/lloyd-austin-holds-tenth-meeting-of-defense-leaders\">Lloyd Austin hosts the tenth meeting with defense leaders in order to assist Ukraine<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. defense leaders are meeting with their counterparts from nearly 50 countries on Wednesday to discuss Ukraine&#8217;s latest needs in the battle against Russian aggression. 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