NATO seeks accord on more robust support to Ukraine to show Russia cannot win war

Reuters

3 April 2024 at 5:30 am

FILE PHOTO: NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg gives press conference to present NATO's annual report in Brussels

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday the members states will discuss an accord to increase support to Ukraine in a more predictable way to send the message to Russia that it cannot win the war.

At the start of a NATO summit in Brussels, Stoltenberg told reporters that Ukraine needs more and new money from NATO over many years.

However, he declined to comment on a possible $100 billion aid fund for Ukraine specifically.

(Reporting by John Irish and Inti Landauro; Editing by GV De Clercq)

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