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NATO mulls $100 billion allied fund for arming ukraine......

STUTTGART, Germany — Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other leaders this week will review a proposal to make NATO the planning hub for arming Ukraine as the alliance looks for ways to shake up an effort that’s been spearheaded by the United States at Ramstein Air Base for the past two years.

 

NATO mulls $100 billion allied fund for arming Ukraine, takeover of US-led planning

By JOHN VANDIVER

The alliance on Wednesday also discussed plans for a new $100 billion fund over five years to help bankroll Western support for Ukraine. The ideas are being floated amid growing uncertainty over Washington’s ability to resolve political disputes that have put in limbo future U.S. funding for Ukraine’s war effort. The possible return of Donald Trump to the White House in 2025 also could factor into the talks, given the former president’s mixed messages on financial support for Ukraine. 

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, speaking at the start of a foreign ministers meeting Wednesday at his headquarters in Brussels, said the time has come to shift the dynamics of allied support. “Ministers will discuss how NATO could assume more responsibility for coordinating military equipment and training for Ukraine, anchoring this within a robust NATO framework,” Stoltenberg said.

While Stoltenberg declined to detail the separate funding plan being reviewed, Latvian Foreign Minister Krisjanis Karins, speaking on the sidelines Wednesday, confirmed that Stoltenberg’s proposal amounted to a $100 billion fund of allied contributions. “This is the direction in which we need to think — how to pool our resources to be more effective in assisting Ukraine,” said Karins, as quoted by European Pravda.

While a final decision wasn’t expected this week, the proposals would help ensure a more reliable and predictable security assistance system for Ukraine over the long haul, Stoltenberg said. The discussions in Brussels come as Russia ramps up the scale of its attacks on Ukraine. At the same time, weapons delivery from the West has dwindled.

Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2024-04-03/nato-ramstein-group-ukraine-13479283.html
Source - Stars and Stripes

 

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nazi NATO.....

Ukraine should be able to enjoy a stable stream of Western arms supplies in the long term rather than relying on voluntary donations, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said.

Speaking ahead of the NATO foreign ministers summit in Brussels on Wednesday, the bloc’s chief stressed that Kiev – which has repeatedly complained of a lack of ammunition and weapons – “has urgent needs,”while warning that any delays in assistance would have consequences on the battlefield.

In this light, Stoltenberg urged NATO allies to “shift the dynamics of our support.” “We must ensure reliable and predictable security assistance to Ukraine for the long haul. So that we rely less on voluntary contributions and more on NATO commitments,” he said, adding that those pledges would have to last for at least several years. “We will also discuss a multi-year financial commitment to sustain our support,” NATO boss added. 

According to Reuters, to secure long-term support for Kiev, Stoltenberg had proposed a five-year €100 billion ($107 billion) package of military aid to Ukraine. Under the plan, the US-led military bloc would also reportedly take on more responsibility for coordinating the assistance to Kiev from the US amid concerns that the reelection of GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump could undermine the Western campaign to support Ukraine.

When asked about the specifics of the plan, Stoltenberg declined to go into the details, adding that he did not expect it to be fully fleshed out in the near future. “We will hopefully move forward towards consensus, and then we will have an agreement in place by the summit” in Washington this summer, he noted.

Russia has repeatedly condemned Western arms shipments to Ukraine, saying that they will only prolong the conflict and that Kiev will not be able to exist without foreign support.

On Tuesday, the secretary of the Russian Security Council, Nikolay Patrushev, argued that NATO is seeking to retain control over Ukraine in a bid to use it as an “anti-Russia” bridgehead, noting that the bloc has been pumping Kiev with weapons since the Western-backed coup in Kiev in 2014.

https://www.rt.com/news/595352-stoltenberg-ukraine-long-terms-aid/

 

 

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