The funds will help upgrade Ukraine's air defenses, while also equipping the country with additional CV90 armored combat vehicles.
NATO, Trump and Defense Spending
Ukraine stepped up its efforts to join NATO after Russia invaded last year, arguing that the security assurances given by Moscow, Washington and London when it relinquished its nuclear arsenal to Russia in 1994 were clearly worthless.
NATO’s secretary-general says he wants to discuss ways to put Ukraine in a position of strength for any future peace talks with Russia during a meeting Wednesday with Ukraine’s president and a small number of European leaders.
The U.K. continues to prove its support of Ukraine in the war with Russia by providing a £225 million military aid package.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump plans to continue military support for Ukraine, the Financial Times reported on Dec. 20, citing undisclosed sources.
Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has for the second time in as many months made comments against Ukraine joining NATO. He did, however, acknowledge that Russia's invasion had violated international law.
Slovak President Peter Pellegrini discussed peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in an interview on Sunday.
A new NATO command in the German city of Wiesbaden has taken up its work to coordinate Western military aid for Ukraine, the alliance's Secretary-General Mark Rutte said on Wednesday.
US President-elect Donald Trump has said he’ll quickly negotiate an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine. This has got NATO allies wondering if he’ll withdraw US support for the government in Kyiv and force it to accept a permanent Russian occupation of Ukrainian land.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has emphasised the importance of discussing strategies to strengthen Ukraine in case of any future peace talks with Russia. During a meeting on Wednesday with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European ...