Feb. 13, 2025 Hegseth Tells NATO Hard Power Provides Deterrence, Defense Following a meeting of NATO defense ministers, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that America's allies must do more to defend Europe.
Sept. 6, 2024 Austin, Brown Reaffirm Multinational Coalition's Commitment to Ukraine Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., reaffirmed the commitment of the U.S. and other nations to aiding Ukraine during the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in Ramstein, Germany.
June 13, 2024 Press Release: Audit of the DoD’s Revaluation of the Support Provided to Ukraine Through Presidential Drawdown Authority Inspector General Robert P. Storch announced today that the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) released the “Audit of the DoD’s Revaluation of the Support Provided to Ukraine Through Presidential Drawdown Authority.”
April 10, 2024 Support to Ukraine Also Serves U.S. Interests, Wallander Tells Congress Ukraine is battling for its life as Russia continues its unprovoked war on the nation and it's in the United States' interest that Russia does not succeed, the assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs told lawmakers.
Oct. 2, 2023 Statement from Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on the passage of a continuing resolution Statement from Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III
Nov. 23, 2022 A beacon of hope: How one Air Force chaplain remains hopeful amidst Russian-Ukraine conflict A U.S. Air Force chaplain, who grew up in Soviet controlled Belarus and who has family in Ukraine, discusses his hopes and fears regarding the Russian-Ukraine conflict.
July 29, 2022 Defense Official Says Sanctions Nearly Stall Russian Offensive in Ukraine Fighting continues in the east and south of Ukraine as Russian advances slow to a crawl, grind to a halt in some places or are slowly reversed in areas like Kherson, a senior Defense Department official said.
June 1, 2022 Russia Forcing Changes to NATO Strategic Concepts The North Atlantic Treaty Organization continues to change even as it defends the 30 nations of the alliance, Ambassador Julianne Smith, U.S. permanent representative to NATO, told the Defense Writers Group.
May 11, 2022 U.S.-U.K. Leaders Discuss Aid to Ukraine, NATO Issues During Pentagon Meeting Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III continued DOD's close cooperation with the United Kingdom as he sat down for Pentagon talks with British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace.
May 9, 2022 Biden Signs Lend-Lease Act to Supply More Security Assistance to Ukraine President Joe Biden signed into law the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022, which authorizes the administration, through fiscal year 2023, to lend or lease military equipment to Ukraine and other Eastern European countries.