Andriy Yermak, the head of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office, downplayed the absence of U.S. Secretary of State Pete Hegseth at a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Brussels on Wednesday. Yermak himself was in Washington for meetings with U.S. officials.

Zelenskyy aide in DC downplays Hegseth absence at Ukraine Defense Contact Group

Andriy Yermak, the head of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office, downplayed the absence of U.S. Secretary of State Pete Hegseth at a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Brussels on Wednesday. Yermak himself was in Washington for meetings with U.S. officials.