European NATO countries and Canada will commit, on the sidelines of the Alliance summit to be held on Wednesday in Ankara, to providing 70 billion euros in military aid to Ukraine in 2026 and 2027, we learned from diplomatic sources on Friday.
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This sum includes the 60 billion euros in military aid that the European Union has committed to lending to Ukraine in 2026 and 2027, or 30 billion each year.
The share of military aid that the European NATO countries and Canada are committed to paying therefore corresponds to some 40 billion in 2026 and next year, these sources explained.
This amount is equivalent to NATO’s previous commitment made before the Washington summit in 2024, but then including the United States’ contribution.
This time, Europeans and Canadians are alone in helping Ukraine militarily, the United States having decided to no longer finance this military support for Kyiv since Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected next week in Ankara where he is due to participate in a working dinner on Tuesday, but without participating in the summit itself scheduled for Wednesday morning.
