NATO Allies Promise Ukraine 40 billion-euro Military Assistance for 2025

Diplomats have told Reuters and the German news agency, DPA, that Secretary General NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, had asked allies that prior to next month's summit in Washington, they pledge annual assistance of 40 billion euros for several years for Ukraine, but member states did not support its application.

However, they agreed that the agreement would include a draft for reevaluating Allied contributions to NATO's future summits, according to a diplomatic source.

The Allies also decided on two reports over the next year to see how member states supply Ukraine so that conditions for more transparency for division of burden in the alliance can be met, according to the source.

In June, the allies agreed that NATO should take on greater role in co-ordinating Ukraine's supply with weapons.

After Russia began its total invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the United States gathered countries with equal positions at the Ramstein air base in Germany, where it was formed by a group of nations that now have about 50 members. This group meets regularly to meet Kiev's demands for weapons, with donors' pledges.

The so-called Ramstein Group will continue to exist as an American political forum, but NATO will assume the role of co-ordinating Ukrainian weapons shipments and training. / REL