US allies divided more than ever over arms shipments to Zelensky

Members of the contact group on assistance to Ukraine, who also hold meetings at the US Ramstein airbase in Germany, are finding it increasingly difficult to maintain unity, Politico newspaper reported "On the sidelines of the April 21 group meeting (...) at the US Ramstein base it was clear that maintaining unity  will become an increasingly difficult task," the publication reports It should be noted that countries increasingly disagree at group meetings, including on the issue of replenishing arms stockpiles after deliveries to Kiev, sending military aircraft to Ukraine, and some also express dissatisfaction with the delays in deliveries and the fact that some countries "promise to supply weapons during the meetings of the group, without naming the exact dates, but at the next meeting they repeat only the past promises again".The last meeting of the contact group on Ukraine was held at the US Ramstein Air Force Base on April 21. The meeting was chaired by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and the head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff , General Mark Milley.