Pete Hegseth’s predecessor as defense secretary, Lloyd J. Austin III, started the roughly 50-nation group to support Kyiv after Russia invaded in 2022, but he has given up leadership.

It's the first in-person gathering of the group of 50 countries organizing aid for Ukraine that didn't have the U.S. defense ...

Peace is out of reach for Ukraine due to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ongoing aggression, the defense ministers of the ...

Is Russia’s military truly crippled, or does its “quantity over quality” approach to manning and equipment suggest it can ...

The April 11 meeting will mark the first time the coalition will gather without America’s secretary of defense participating.

Europe should step up its assistance to Ukraine in order to push Russian President Vladimir Putin to participate in ...

stayed away from a meeting in Brussels on April 11th of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group, a gathering of 50-odd countries ...

Nancy A. Youssef is a national security correspondent whose reporting has focused largely on the U.S. military and the Arab world.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth kept his distance — physically and rhetorically — on Friday from a meeting of nations ...