NATO allies agree on €40 billion military aid package for Ukraine - Reuters
Photo: NATO will provide €40 billion a year to Ukraine (Getty Images)
NATO allies have agreed to provide €40bn in military aid to Ukraine next year, Reuters reports.
A Western European diplomat told the agency that the leaders of the alliance will sign this commitment next week during a summit in Washington.
Earlier, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg asked member states to maintain military assistance to Ukraine at the same level as in the years after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 - at about €40 billion a year.
Bloomberg reported that some NATO member states were unwilling to commit to specific multi-year spending on military assistance to Ukraine.
It was expected that they would be able to reach a deal if the €40bn in aid to Ukraine was tied to NATO's existing commitment to spend at least 2% of GDP on defense.
The NATO summit will be held in Washington on 9-11 July. It is expected to make positive decisions on providing Ukraine with additional air defense systems.
The Office of the President of Ukraine wants NATO to make a strong decision at the summit in Washington, as otherwise, the summit will be useless.
