2022 Ramstein Air Base meeting

Over 40 nations were represented at the meeting, including both NATO and non-NATO members. Representatives from some nations, among them Israel and Qatar, participated at the meeting but did not appear on the official list of attendees. Though not organized under NATO auspices, it was supposed to be attended by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. However, he could not attend due to a cold. While most countries had attendees physically present, South Korea and Japan joined virtually. ==Dignitaries in attendance==

• – Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov; Lt. Gen. Yevhen Moisiuk NATO member states Asia-Pacific partners Middle Eastern partners African partners ==Meeting==

At the meeting, Ukraine is said to have outlined its defense needs. U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, the organizer of the meeting, having visited Kyiv days earlier told the meeting that his "visit only underscored my sense of urgency, an urgency that I know that we all share", stating he would like "this whole group today to leave with a common and transparent understanding of Ukraine's near-term security requirements because we're going to keep moving heaven and earth so that we can meet them." Austin also stated that the conference sought "to help Ukraine win the fight against Russia's unjust invasion and to build up Ukraine's defenses for tomorrow's challenges", and that "we do want to make it harder for Russia to threaten its neighbors and make it less able to do that." Against a backdrop of domestic and international pressure, the German defence minister Christine Lambrecht announced at Ramstein that Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft weapons were to be offered to Ukraine from industry stocks, stating "Germany, together with its allies, stands firmly at the side of its Ukrainian friends who are in dire need". Lambrecht also stated Ukrainian soldiers would be trained on the systems on German soil. ==Aftermath and reactions==

According to Secretary of Defense Austin, the conference is to be transformed into a monthly "contact group" on Ukraine's self-defense. He also called the conference a "momentous meeting", and that "tectonic philosophical shifts have occurred". Marcel Dirsus, a nonresident fellow at the Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University, called the German statements at Ramstein a "strong signal" from Germany, after a recent string of contradictory statements and perceived reluctance. Ukrainian political scientist and Vice-Rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University, Dmytro Sherenhovskyy, stated that the meeting marked significant changes in international security architecture. According to Euromaidan Press, "in some sense the Ramstein meeting demonstrates a gradual increase in the national leaders' readiness to take responsibility in global leadership", also stating that "the meeting at the US Air Force base Ramstein has already been called historic for Ukraine." ==Subsequent meetings==