Loading ...NATO Chief Pushes Allies To Commit $44 Billion In Defense Aid To Ukraine Annually
Currently NATO defense and foreign ministers are gathered in Prague for two days of meetings as part of preparations for the major Washington Summit in July. At the meeting chaired by the alliance’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg he urged that NATO countries must maintain support to Ukraine “for as long as necessary”.
Stoltenberg is asking 32 NATO members to commit a whopping $44 billion in military aid to Ukraine every year. President Zelensky has been urging more immediate aid to come at a faster rate, meanwhile.
Even though it has become clear that Ukraine front lines are crumbling, especially in places like Kharkiv oblast near the Russian border, this new initiative by Stoltenberg appears geared toward locking the alliance into further permanent commitments, lest any should waiver down the road.