Five NATO countries block plan for mandatory Ukraine funding – Telegraph

The UK, France, Spain, Italy and Canada “aren’t very enthusiastic about the idea,” a source within the bloc has told the paper

London, Paris, Madrid, Rome and Ottawa have rejected a proposal for NATO member states to spend 0.25% of their GDP on the provision of military assistance to Ukraine, the Telegraph has reported.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte was hoping that mandatory funding for Kiev would be approved at the bloc’s summit in Ankara, Türkiye on July 7-8, the Telegraph said in an article on Sunday.

A NATO insider told the paper that Britain, France, Spain, Italy and Canada “aren’t very enthusiastic about the idea.”

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