NATO Scales Back Ambition for Ukraine Aid Plan After Pushback
- Under new plan, allies would commit to maintain levels of aid
- NATO chief Stoltenberg initially floated a five-year plan
A Ukrainian soldier loads ammunition.
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is scrapping plans to set up a five-year fund of military aid for Ukraine after facing pushback from alliance members, and is instead asking countries to keep up their current contributions, people familiar with the matter said.
Under the new proposal, which could get backing from NATO defense ministers when they gather in Brussels next week, allies will commit to spending a total of at least €40 billion ($43 billion) per year on lethal and non-lethal aid for Ukraine. That would be in line with average annual contributions since Russia’s invasion in 2022, according to the people, who asked not to be identified discussing private deliberations.