{"id":12599,"date":"2025-04-12T03:34:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T03:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/12599\/"},"modified":"2025-04-12T03:34:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T03:34:17","slug":"uk-defence-secretary-calls-2025-critical-for-ukraine-in-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/12599\/","title":{"rendered":"UK defence secretary calls 2025 &#8221;critical&#8221; for Ukraine in war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Healey. Photo: John Healey on Facebook<\/p>\n<p>UK Defence Secretary John Healey has stated that the year 2025 will be critical in the war against Russia, urging allies to urgently strengthen their military support for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/ukraine-war-zelenskyy-putin-russia-latest-chinese-soldiers-12541713\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sky News<\/a>, as reported by European Pravda<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quote:<\/strong> &#8220;Our job as defence ministers is to get urgent military aid into the hands of Ukrainian war fighters.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Details:<\/strong> Healey addressed participants of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (also known as the Ramstein Format) during a speech at NATO headquarters in Brussels.<\/p>\n<p>He called on those present to reconsider how they can assist Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today, we will pledge billions more [in more funding to Ukraine&#8217;s military],&#8221; Healey said.<\/p>\n<p>He also highlighted the \u00a3350 million (about US$457 million) allocated by the United Kingdom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/eng\/news\/2025\/04\/11\/7507050\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earlier this morning<\/a> \u2013 part of a broader aid package worth \u00a3450 million (about US$580 million), which, he said, will strengthen UK\u2013Ukraine industrial ties and provide Kyiv with more weapons.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;2025 is the critical year for the war in Ukraine, and this is the critical moment,&#8221; Healey stated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We stand with you in the fight and in the peace,&#8221; he concluded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>&#13;<\/p>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">A meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group is being held in Brussels on 11 April, co-chaired by the United Kingdom and Germany.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">The previous meeting \u2013 the first since the change in the US administration \u2013 was also held in Brussels on 12 February and chaired by the UK.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">At that meeting, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/eng\/news\/2025\/02\/12\/7497944\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a> that restoring Ukraine&#8217;s borders to their pre-2014 lines was not a realistic goal. He also said the United States did not see Ukraine&#8217;s NATO membership as a likely outcome of a peaceful resolution to the war.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Under the Joe Biden administration, previous Ramstein meetings were chaired by the United States.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Support Ukrainska Pravda on <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/pravdaua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Patreon<\/strong><\/a><strong>!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John Healey. 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