Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh Holds Press Briefing
Jan. 10, 2025
DEPUTY PENTAGON PRESS SECRETARY SABRINA SINGH: OK, all right, good afternoon. Happy Friday. Thanks for being here on a day that we don't usually brief. I'll just do a few things at the top and then happy to take your questions. So, yesterday, Secretary Austin chaired his final Ukraine defense contact group. Since it first convened in April 2022, the UDCG has served as a critical international coalition coordinating the swift and sustained delivery of security assistance to Ukraine.
Under Secretary Austin's leadership this group has grown to include some 50 countries from all around the world, all united behind the common cause of supporting Ukraine in its fight for freedom. As you heard the secretary say yesterday, the UDCG has developed into an arsenal of Ukrainian democracy and an engine of global security.
That's why you saw Secretary Austin announce a new $500 million presidential drawdown package in support of Ukraine, and why together, UDCG members have committed more than $126 billion in security assistance for this fight. And under Secretary Austin's leadership, this remarkable level of teamwork has paid off.
Russia has suffered more than 700,000 casualties and the Russian economy is struggling to keep up with the UDCG support to Ukraine. And even as Moscow leans now on North Korea to support its war of choice, Putin has failed to achieve a single strategic objective. Secretary Austin reiterated that our international coalition to support Ukraine must not flinch.
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