{"id":67686,"date":"2024-06-14T13:54:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T13:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2024\/06\/14\/nato-approves-plan-to-speed-aid-and-training-to-ukraines-armed-forces\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:59:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:59:36","slug":"nato-approves-plan-to-speed-aid-and-training-to-ukraines-armed-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2024\/06\/14\/nato-approves-plan-to-speed-aid-and-training-to-ukraines-armed-forces\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO approves plan to speed aid and training to Ukraine\u2019s armed forces"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BRUSSELS (AP) \u2014 NATO defense ministers on Friday approved a plan to provide reliable long-term security aid and military training for Ukraine after delays in Western deliveries of funds, arms and ammunition helped invading Russian forces to seize the initiative on the battlefield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kyiv\u2019s Western backers have mostly concentrated their efforts through the Pentagon-run Ukraine Defense Contact Group, a forum for around 50 countries to drum up the weapons and ammunition the war-ravaged country needs most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new plan would be a complementary effort. Announcing the move after chairing a meeting of defense ministers in Brussels, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that the effort would be headquartered at a U.S. military base in Wiesbaden, Germany and involve almost 700 staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said that it would help to organize training for Ukrainian military personnel in member countries of the alliance, coordinate and plan donations of the equipment that Kyiv needs, and manage the transfer and repair of that military materiel.<\/p>\n\n\n\t