Bloomberg: NATO Secretary General proposes to allocate €500 million to Ukraine every year

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Oleksiy Yarmolenko
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg asks the member states of the Alliance to annually allocate €500 million to finance a comprehensive aid package to Ukraine. A plan for long-term support of Ukraine is currently being discussed there.

Bloomberg writes about this with reference to sources.

Stoltenberg wants NATO countries to increase their contributions to the fund of the comprehensive package of aid to Ukraine. This package includes both short-term assistance, such as fuel, ammunition and anti-drone systems, as well as long-term support for Ukraine to fully modernize the Ukrainian army to NATO standards.

First of all, the money will go to non-lethal weapons. However, if we take into account that the stockpiles of Soviet-style weapons in the world are running out, then when switching to NATO standards, this may automatically open up the possibility of supplying lethal modern weapons.

According to Stoltenberg, this will help Ukraine modernize the army and move to NATO standards.