Hegseth to skip Ukraine meeting at NATO headquarters. The Defense secretary's absence marks the first time in the Ukraine Defense Contact Group’s history that a Pentagon chief misses the monthly ...

Hegseth’s office cited scheduling concerns as the reason for his absence from the meeting, though the defense secretary will be in Brussels on Thursday for a different NATO meeting.

US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth will not attend a NATO-led meeting of more than 50 defence ministers in Brussels on Wednesday, an absence that will be seen as another sign of Washington ...

Hegseth also won’t join the meeting virtually, according to the Associated Press, which cited an unnamed official. According to Politico, U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker will join the meeting ...

The Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting at NATO headquarters is going to be chaired by the United Kingdom and Germany. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth would only arrive in Brussels after it ...

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is in Washington for talks with President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and ...

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US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will miss a meeting of 50 defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels to coordinate military assistance to Ukraine for the first time in three years. The ...

BERLIN, July 14 (Reuters) - German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius heads to Washington on Monday to meet U.S. Secretary of ...

Hegseth’s absence appears to signal further softening of the Trump administration’s relationship with Europe, and Ukraine. Hegseth will be in Brussels for Thursday's meeting of NATO defense ...

For the first time since the US created an international group to coordinate military aid to Ukraine three years ago — following Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022 — a Pentagon chief will ...