The Ukraine Defense Contact Group is meeting in Germany to discuss "urgent battlefield needs"

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States Army US General Mark Milley, US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin, and Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umerov arrive for talks at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, on September 19. Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP/Getty Images

A meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, a bloc of 54 countries that is providing and coordinating military support to Kyiv, is currently underway at Ramstein Air Base in Germany on Tuesday.

Defense leaders will discuss Ukraine's capabilities, IT needs and other "urgent battlefield needs," according to Ukraine's Defense Minister Rustem Umerov.

In his opening remarks at the beginning of the meeting, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced that shipments of American M1 Abrams tanks will soon be arriving in Ukraine and said that Kyiv’s counteroffensive continues to make steady progress.