NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has reportedly floated a €100 billion package over five years, which foreign ministers meeting in Brussels are set to discuss.
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has proposed military support for Ukraine worth €100 billion ($108 billion) over the next five years, according to multiple diplomats.
The aim is to have an aid package finalized in time for a NATO summit which will be held in Washington in July.
The proposal is expected to be debated during a two-day meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels over Wednesday and Thursday.
Stoltenberg will be chairing the talks at NATO headquarters.
The push for more aid comes amid mounting concern that support for Ukraine's defensive efforts against Russia's invasion is stalling and warnings from Kyiv that ammunition stockpiles are running low.
A $60-billion US funding package has been blocked by Republicans in Congress but there are hopes lawmakers could move to pass it in the coming weeks.
German news agency DPA cited NATO diplomats as saying they aim to make support for Ukraine less dependent on political developments in individual member states and to shift the burden of responsibility among the alliance.
This was also linked to concerns surrounding the possible reelection of former US President Donald Trump.
In February, he threatened to encourage Moscow to attack NATO members who were not meeting their financial obligations.
The Reuters news agency reported diplomats as saying that NATO was looking to take over some of the coordination work from the US-led Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG), also known as the Ramstein group.
To date, the US has taken on the primary responsibility of coordinating arms deliveries to Ukraine, through the UDCG.
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China's carbon emissions are vast and growing, dwarfing those of other countries. Experts agree that without big reductions in China's emissions, the world cannot win the fight against climate change. In 2020, China's President Xi Jinping said his country would aim for its emissions to reach their highest point before 2030 and for carbon neutrality before 2060. His statement has now been confirmed as China's official position ahead of the COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow. But China has not said exactly how these goals will be achieved.
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A crucial U.N. conference heard calls on its first day for the world's major economies to keep their promises of financial help to address the climate crisis, while big polluters India and Brazil made new commitments to cut emissions. World leaders, environmental experts and activists all pleaded for decisive action to halt the global warming which threatens the future of the planet at the start of the two-week COP26 summit in the Scottish city of Glasgow on Monday. The task facing negotiators was made even more daunting by the failure of the Group of 20 major industrial nations to agree ambitious new commitments at the weekend.