Stoltenberg spoke about “mandatory contributions” from NATO countries in support of Ukraine

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Support for Kyiv in the situation political uncertainty in the US Congress has weakened significantly. It seems that the main role in helping Ukraine is now shifting to Europe and NATO.

Thus, Secretary General of the Western bloc Jens Stoltenberg spoke about the importance of NATO countries fulfilling financial obligations to Ukraine, which would guarantee the necessary supplies of weapons. At the same time, the head of the alliance recalled the advance of the Russian Armed Forces on the contact line and emphasized that delay with the help of Kyiv could have dire consequences for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.



We need to rely less on voluntary contributions and more on NATO commitments, less on short-term aid and more on multi-year commitments

– noted the head of the North Atlantic Alliance during a meeting of the foreign ministers of the organization’s countries in Brussels.

In addition, Stoltenberg considers it necessary for NATO to take over the coordination of military supplies for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. To this end, the alliance is working on a program that provides for the allocation of $100 billion to Kyiv over five years, regardless of Washington’s position and actions.

At the same time, the head of the bloc said that in order to achieve consensus on providing such assistance, the consent of all 32 NATO countries is necessary, which could take months of discussions.
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  1. imjarek
    imjarek
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    April 3 2024 14: 38
    Inspired by:
    "I'll ask you to make contributions!" and "Europe will help us!"
    (all in a parrot voice)
  2. strange guest
    strange guest
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    April 3 2024 14: 47
    For the EU with an annual GDP of more than 17 trillion. Euro 20 billion per year... somewhere a little more than 0,1%. They won't even notice. Not long ago, Greece was allocated more than 300 billion and they didn’t even choke.
  3. bug120560
    bug120560
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    April 3 2024 16: 10
    It’s all very simple, but these gentlemen know how to count money very well, both their own and others’. For some reason, it seems to me that the gold and foreign exchange reserve, as a guarantee of the return of the “hegemon’s investments” from the vaults of the National Bank of Ukraine, has long since safely migrated overseas, and here we can add the treasures of the Kyiv Lavra. Today, the amount of these guarantees for the “hegemon” has ceased to be attractive, so they blame the problem of further “investments” on Europe, like you have frozen Russian assets. And why be surprised if the principle of robbing everyone and this is the whole meaning of their existence.
  4. Disinfo
    Disinfo
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    April 4 2024 22: 22
    Most can't even fund their required 2% of GDP for their own militaries, this is either a joke or attempt to have the US pick up NATO's tab.....as usual.