STORY: The US calls for more military aid to Ukraine. At the start of a meeting of the so-called Ukraine contact group at the US base in Ramstein, which was also attended by the new German head of department, Boris Pistorius, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said: “Russia is regrouping, recruiting and trying to re-equip itself. This “This is not a moment to sit back. It’s a time to step up. The Ukrainian people are watching us. The Kremlin is watching us. And history is watching us.” The focus of the consultations of the approximately 50 countries is the question of whether Western-style main battle tanks should now also be delivered to Ukraine for the first time, above all it is about the Leopard 2 made in Germany. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the contact group directly in a video message for the first time. He called on the supporting states to continue supplying weapons, including battle tanks. So far, the federal government has kept a low profile. On the one hand, there is the question of whether Germany will deliver the device directly to Ukraine, and on the other hand, whether the federal government will allow partner countries to pass on the battle tank to Ukraine.