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The U.S. and other Western countries are considering transferring to NATO a U.S.-led multinational group that coordinates the shipment of weapons to Ukraine, one of several new proposals that could help maintain the flow of arms to Kyiv under a second Donald Trump presidency.
During the NATO foreign ministerial meeting in Brussels Wednesday and Thursday, officials are expected to discuss a range of options, including gradually moving the organization called the Ukraine Defense Contact Group into the alliances control, according to three European officials and a U.S. official with knowledge of the internal deliberations. The goal would be to finalize the move at the NATO leaders summit in Washington in July, one of the officials said.
A second U.S. official said that another proposal would give NATO a more formalized seat at the table within the Ukraine group, as opposed to moving it under NATO control. The idea, from the U.S. side, would be to strengthen the ties between NATO and Ukraine for long-term support, the official said.
The Ukraine group was launched in the early weeks of the war by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and then-Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Mark Milley to coordinate Western support for Kyivs defenses. Its credited with speeding tens of billions of dollars in equipment, weapons and other aid to Ukraine that have been critical in staving off Russian forces.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/allies-consider-moving-ukraine-arms-163225200.html
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Biophilic
(4,124 posts)It should make Putin think twice. Maybe a trump presidency isnt going to help him. Please.
brewens
(14,211 posts)yet. We aren't the only country with money. Our weapons manufacturers do not care who pays.
mopinko
(71,079 posts)iirc, france, germany and poland have stepped up.