Lloyd Austin will host the virtual meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group. This will be the 19th meeting of Ramstein participants.
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was discharged from the hospital. He returned to his duties. The Pentagon press service reported this on Tuesday, February 13.
However, on the advice of doctors, Austin will work remotely from home for a while. But he will return directly to the Pentagon this week. The Ministry gave assurances that the minister had full access to confidential and classified communications systems necessary to carry out his duties.
In addition, the Pentagon website has already published an announcement of Lloyd Austin’s keynote address for the 19th Ramstein meeting, scheduled for Wednesday, February 14. The meeting will be held online.
Let’s add this: At the 18th Rashtain meeting, the Pentagon chief said that partners should provide Ukraine with more air defense systems because Russia is trying to demoralize the Ukrainian army with missile attacks.
Recall that US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was diagnosed with prostate cancer. According to media reports, US President Joe Biden was unaware of the Pentagon chief’s illness until information emerged in early January 2024 that the Pentagon chief had been hospitalized. On January 15, Austin was released from the hospital.
On February 11, the minister was readmitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center near Washington after developing symptoms of “sudden bladder trouble.” During the new hospitalization, the head of the defense department resigned. Kathleen Hicks directed.
Source: Focus
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