NATO will help Ukraine set up an arms procurement system of its own that is “effective” in dealing with Russia’s invasion, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday.
In addition, NATO, Ukraine and the European Union agreed to convene a group of arms procurement experts to see how they can help Kyiv “ensure that it gets the weapons it needs,” Stoltenberg said.
The NATO chief met with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell, just days before the first anniversary of the Russian invasion and at a time when Kyiv is asking its allies to supply more long-range weaponry.
As for EU support, Borrell said he was in favour of using the European Peace Support Fund, which the EU-27 have used since the beginning of the war for this purpose. He also asked member states to consider contributing more money beyond the collective fund.
At the Foreign Affairs Council on Monday, EU foreign ministers discussed Estonia’s plan to jointly purchase ammunition worth €4 billion.
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Exerpt from Putin’s speech from today:
"President Putin said, See what they do with their own peoples – the destruction of the family, cultural and national identity, perversion, mockery of children, and pedophilia are declared the norm. The norm of their life."#StandWithRussia🇷🇺 pic.twitter.com/hWgnoV455u
— FriendOfRussia (@NoMoreNATO) February 21, 2023