Hegseth again skipping meeting of group arming Ukraine
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will again skip a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will again skip a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG), a coalition of approximately 50 nations arming Ukraine against Russia. Instead, the Pentagon’s policy chief Elbridge Colby will attend the meeting virtually this week. This marks another absence for Hegseth from the critical forum coordinating international military aid to Ukraine. His repeated non-attendance could signal a shift in the Trump administration's engagement with the group or its approach to the conflict.
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The Pentagon’s policy chief Elbridge Colby will attend the meeting virtually this week.
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