Vadim Khlyudzinsky21:58, 18.10.24
Allies want Europe to take “an even bigger step forward.”
NATO leadership plans to reduce the US role in supporting Ukraine after the election of a new head of the White House. This is stated in a CNN article , which cites the words of a high-ranking official of the Alliance.
According to him, NATO does not expect the United States to continue to take on an excessive burden in supporting Ukraine.
“The Secretary General (NATO Mark Rutte – UNIAN) wants to see NATO as a leader in the area of security assistance, rather than one ally taking on this role,” the source told the publication.
According to media reports, during a closed meeting with his counterparts on Thursday at NATO, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke about the upcoming elections in response to questions from allies about this and how it could affect aid to Ukraine. At the same time, he noted that he cannot predict the future, but there is still bipartisan support for Ukraine in Congress. Therefore, the Alliance calls on Europe to increase its efforts:
“Europe must become even more active.”
The author of the article notes that uncertainty about the future role of the United States has largely prompted NATO to consolidate authority over training Ukrainian troops and providing military assistance, giving Europe more control if the United States decides to slow or stop aid to Ukraine under the Trump administration.
“But that mechanism, known as NATO security and training assistance for Ukraine, is not yet fully operational and will not be for several months,” another NATO official said.
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“But that mechanism, known as NATO security and training assistance for Ukraine, is not yet fully operational and will not be for several months,”
No rush guys, you only had 2.75 years to get your shit sorted out.
Yes, and the war is only on the other side of the planet … nice far away to be no danger.
Exactly. The pension club aka NATO has had their chance to show some mettle and has been left wanting. WTF is a “treaty organization” when they ignore Budapest, START I and II, the UN charter and even Geneva? What does NATO actually stand for? Is it just a very expensive paper tiger? How could NATO stand there and watch Ukraine get raped in 2014? Forget about NATO and form a new partnership with the Baltics, Poland and everyone else that doesn’t mistake their balls for boobs.
Instead of fucking RuSSia, China and Erdogoon’s fascist Turkey beyond recognition the White House is rolling out the ‘red’ carpet…