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Austin to host June 15 meeting to coordinate help for Ukraine.

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U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said that defense leaders from all over the world “will discuss the ongoing crisis in Ukraine in the wake of Russia's unprovoked invasion" at a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group on June 15 in Brussels. The first meeting of the group, which includes more than 40 countries, was held at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany on April 26, and the second one took place on May 23.

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Former U.S. Ambassador Steven Pifer discusses recent U-turn in U.S. President Trump’s policy on Ukraine following a phone call with Putin. Pifer says that Trump can still end Russia’s war if he starts using leverage on Moscow but argues that, regardless, Ukraine and Europe should assume they will have to manage the conflict without U.S. support.

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