Ramstein format
The Ramstein format is an international coordination framework for military aid to Ukraine, launched in April 2022 at the United States Air Base Ramstein in Germany on the initiative of the United States. It operates as a regular meeting of defence ministers and senior officials from roughly fifty partner countries, convened under the joint leadership of the US Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The consultations coordinate the provision of weapons, equipment, ammunition, training and financial support to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. It has functioned as the principal multinational mechanism for channelling military assistance to Ukraine since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion.
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Germany to send Patriot interceptors from its own stocks before winter, calls on allies to follow
At the 36th Ramstein-format Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting, held virtually on 8 September, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced that Germany will urgently deliver PAC-2 Patriot interceptors from Bundeswehr stocks to Ukraine before the winter season. He also announced increased AIM-9 air-to-air missile deliveries and continued IRIS-T system shipments, and urged other Contact Group members to review and share their own stockpiles.