(PLO)- According to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, since Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine at the end of February 2022, the military bloc has provided Kiev with $120 billion in aid for military operations. humanitarian, and financial.
On February 8, during a joint press conference with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington DC, Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Jens Stoltenberg said that the US-led military bloc had provided aid to the US. gave Ukraine about 120 billion USD in the past year, radio station RT news.
According to Stoltenberg, since Russia launched its military operation in Ukraine in February last year, NATO has provided “unprecedented support” to Kiev, with about $120 billion in military aid packages. humanitarian and financial.
The NATO secretary general added that while the US played an “indispensable role”, Canada and members in the European region also contributed “more than half” of the aid, “including tanks, advanced air defense systems” and other weapons.
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a joint press conference on February 8 in Washington DC Photo: AP |
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Speaking to Stoltenberg, Blinken said Washington had contributed “nearly $30 billion in military aid,” while other NATO members had contributed $13 billion, as well as “tens of billions of other dollars.” for economic and humanitarian assistance”.
Blinken stressed that “turning the tide in Ukraine’s favor” was key to a final diplomatic solution to the conflict.
After the joint press conference, Secretary General Stoltenberg and Secretary of State Blinken met with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan to discuss more aid to Ukraine in the future.
Previously, in December 2022, the Russian Defense Ministry estimated that Western countries had provided Ukraine with weapons, ammunition and supplies worth up to $ 97 billion.
Moscow has repeatedly warned the West that arming Ukraine will only prolong the conflict and risk leading to a direct confrontation between the two sides.
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