Washington and Berlin pledged more aid for Ukraine as allies of the embattled nation gathered with Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky at the US military's Ramstein Air Base in Germany on Thursday to discuss aid.

The next meeting in the Ramstein format may take place as early as February. Partner countries have already agreed on this meeting, announces Ukraine's Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, according to Radio Svoboda.

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In his evening video address, Zelenskyy said that talks are planned at the level of defense ministers and senior military commanders from the international coalition supporting Ukraine with military aid.

Ukraine expects practical results from the meeting of the Contact Group in the Ramstein format. If the United States had nothing to offer, the meeting would not have been convened, according to the head of Ukraine's mission to NATO,