Energy-focused Ukraine Defence Contact Group meeting to take place online, date yet to be set

The energy-focused meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (also known as the Ramstein format) meeting has been set to be held online with the date still being determined.

Source: Heorhii Tykhyi, Foreign Ministry spokesman, speaking at a press conference, as reported by Ukrinform, a Ukrainian news agency

Quote: "It will be an online meeting, and the date has yet to be set."

Details: Tykhyi said that Ukraine plans for Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko and First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal to take part in the meeting.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said earlier that he expects the Energy Ramstein meeting to speed up deliveries of assistance from partners.

He said that partner countries have many missiles Ukraine needs for its defence in storage but releasing them is complicated by those countries' domestic legislation.

Background:

• Earlier, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha announced that Kyiv, in coordination with the Ministry of Energy, is convening an energy-focused meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (also known as the Ramstein format) on the instructions of Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko.
• Kyiv says that it expects additional contributions and concrete commitments from allies to support Ukraine's energy sector at the meeting.

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