In 2025, Norway will allocate the largest military assistance in its history — over €2 billion — specifically to Ukraine.
This was reported by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov after a meeting with the Head of the Ministry of Defense of Norway Arild Gram at a meeting of the Contact Group on Defense Issues of Ukraine ("Ramstein").
These agreements will bring cooperation between the countries to a new level, Rustem Umerov emphasized.
According to him, they have already discussed priority areas of spending.
The Ukrainian minister emphasized that they also paid attention to strengthening the air defense system — this is a critical area, and Ukraine is counting on Norwayʼs support.
In addition, Norway will continue to invest in the Ukrainian defense-industrial complex and joint projects, in particular in the production of ammunition.
In addition, the ministers of the countries discussed a new mechanism of cooperation — the "Norwegian model", which will complement the already successful "Danish model"
Direct financing of weapons production in Ukraine allows for a faster provision of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the necessary weapons.
Other countries are gradually joining this model.
- Norway recently joined the "Danish format" of support — direct financing of the production of weapons and equipment in Ukraine, and also allocated more than $240 million to strengthen the fleet.
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