NATO promises to provide Ukraine with 140 billion euros in military aid
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At the summit in Ankara, NATO leaders adopted a declaration on providing Ukraine with 140 billion euros in military aid for 2026-2027. The aid will be provided mainly by European NATO members and Canada.
NATO leaders gathered in Turkey's Ankara have supported the commitment to provide Ukraine with 140 billion euros ($160 billion) in military aid for 2026 and 2027, UNN reports, citing the summit declaration.
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"Ukraine contributes to transatlantic security, and the member states of the Alliance are united in their unwavering support for Ukraine, which defends its freedom, sovereignty, and territorial integrity," reads the joint declaration approved on Wednesday.
As noted, "the European member states of the Alliance and Canada currently finance the vast majority of security assistance to Ukraine through bilateral and multilateral budgets." "The member states of the Alliance emphasize that such assistance must be fair, predictable, and sustainable in the long term," the declaration states.
In 2026, the member states of the Alliance commit to allocating 70 billion euros to provide Ukraine with military equipment and organize assistance and training, and also confirm sovereign commitments to ensure at least a similar level of assistance in 2027. To this end, we welcome the decision of the European Union to allocate multi-year funding to Ukraine under the Ukraine Support Loan
The aid will be provided primarily by European NATO members and Canada, as the United States has significantly reduced financial support for Ukraine under the presidency of Donald Trump, dpa notes.
Germany has already stated that it plans to support Ukraine with 11.5 billion euros in 2026.
However, dpa notes, the funding will include an EU loan to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine worth 60 billion euros for the period 2026-2027. Thus, NATO allies will have to cover about 40 billion euros from their national budgets each year.
"We will continue to help Ukraine," said German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on the sidelines of the summit in Ankara.
"It now depends entirely on Russia whether to end this war," Merz said.
"To this end, we will again do everything possible today to achieve this, and send a clear signal to Moscow: Russia has no chance of winning this war. They will not achieve their war goals," he emphasized.
"The sooner we end this war, the better it will be for Europe, the better it will be for Russia, and the better it will be for peace around the world," he noted.