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. Read more: https://bit.ly/3HkXmU2 #ukraine #russia #news Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home