NATO has pledged to provide Ukraine with €70 billion ($80 billion) in military equipment, assistance and training this year, with a commitment to match that sum in 2027.
The pledge was set out in a joint declaration issued at the close of the alliance’s summit in Ankara, adopted by consensus by all 32 member states.
The leaders affirmed “sovereign commitments to sustaining at least equivalent levels in 2027”, the statement read.
Of the total, €30 billion forms part of a European Union loan earmarked for Ukrainian defence spending, with the alliance thanking Brussels for its contribution.
The remaining €40 billion is to be met through bilateral support from other allies. The United States would not take part in the funding.
Much of the package consisted of money already pledged rather than fresh commitments. The €40 billion largely reflected pledges made at the alliance’s 2024 summit in Washington, according to Reuters and other reports.
The US halted direct military donations to Ukraine after President Donald Trump returned to office, leaving European members and Canada to shoulder the burden.
That left 31 of the 32 allies carrying the commitment. The large majority of Ukraine’s security assistance now flows through bilateral and multilateral channels.
The declaration described Ukraine as a contributor to transatlantic security. The 32 leaders said they remained united in backing its freedom, sovereignty and territorial integrity.
They added that they expected such support to be equitable, predictable and sustainable over the long term.
The two-day gathering in the Turkish capital ran alongside allied disputes over defence spending and the fallout from the recent conflict between the US and Iran.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attended the summit, where the declaration formally cast his country as helping to underpin the alliance’s own security rather than merely receiving its support.
The statement also retained wording from previous years describing Russia as a threat to Euro-Atlantic security, more than three years after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Much of the two days was given over to defence spending, with European members seeking to show Washington they were meeting a target agreed at the alliance’s 2025 summit in The Hague to reach 5 per cent of economic output by 2035.
NATO said European allies and Canada had increased their core defence investment by more than $139 billion in 2025, with some members expected to hit the 5 per cent goal well ahead of schedule.
