Published April 4, 2024
The debate comes as better armed Russian troops assert dominance on the battlefield.
NATO has begun debating a plan to provide more predictable military support to Ukraine in the coming years, as the Russian invasion grinds on.
“We strongly believe that support to Ukraine should be less dependent on short-term, voluntary offers and more dependent on long-term NATO commitments,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said before chairing a meeting of the alliance’s foreign ministers.
Foreign ministers from its 32 member states met in Brussels on Wednesday ahead of NATO’s 75th anniversary.
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RELATED: NATO weighs a plan to provide long-term military help to Ukraine as Russian troops assert control
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says the organization is debating a plan to provide more predictable military support to Ukraine as better armed Russian troops assert control on the battlefield
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Published April 3, 2024
BRUSSELS — NATO is debating a plan to provide more predictable military support to Ukraine in coming years as better armed Russian troops assert control on the battlefield, the organization’s top civilian official said Wednesday.
“We strongly believe that support to Ukraine should be less dependent on short-term, voluntary offers and more dependent on long-term NATO commitments,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said before chairing a meeting of the alliance’s foreign ministers in Brussels.
Earlier on Wednesday, Ukraine lowered the military conscription age from 27 to 25 to help replenish its depleted ranks after more than two years of war. A shortage of infantry combined with a severe ammunition shortfall has helped hand Russian troops the initiative.
“The reason why we do this is the situation on the battlefield in Ukraine. It is serious,” Stoltenberg told reporters. “We see how Russia is pushing, and we see how they try to win this war by just waiting us out.”
The plan is to have NATO coordinate the work of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group — a forum of around 50 countries that has regularly gathered during the war to drum up weapons and ammunition for Ukraine — rather than the U.S. European Command.
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RELATED: Ukraine: NATO membership a question of ‘when, not if’
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has reportedly floated a €100 billion five-year package that allies are set to discuss in Brussels. Ahead of the meeting, he said Ukraine’s NATO membership was a question of “when, not if.”
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg wants to institutionalize NATO support for Ukraine to make it less reliant on individual alliance members.
Published April 3, 2024
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday that the alliance must provide Ukraine with more systematic military support over a longer period, and that Kyiv’s membership of the alliance is a matter of “when, not if.”
He was speaking as the foreign ministers of NATO member states met in Brussels for a two-day summit.
“We need to shift the dynamics of our support,” Stoltenberg said as he arrived at the meeting.
“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, less on short-term offers and more on multi-year pledges.”
Ukraine support tops agenda
Stoltenberg declined to comment on proposals reported by mulitple diplomats that he has proposed military support for Ukraine worth €100 billion ($108 billion) over the next five years.
The aim is reportedly to have an aid package finalized in time for a NATO summit which will be held in Washington in July.
