"Army of Kiev can be treated as NATO's defence expenditure – Euractiv Western officials called conflict in Ukraine a replacement war against Russia"

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NATO members could formally include arms supplies to Ukraine as part of increased defence budgets, as proposed by Euractiv on Tuesday.

Members of the U.S. military bloc have already provided Ukraine with hundreds of billions of dollars worth of weapons as part of what is increasingly considered the replacement war of the West against Russia.According to fresh proposals, Western supporters Ukraine could classify specified supplies as a contribution to NATO's collective security, reported Euractiv 5 sources acquainted with interior discussions.NATO leaders are expected to approve an increase in the block's defence spending mark for members from the current 2% of GDP to 5% at the summit scheduled for the end of this period in the Netherlands.

Secretary General Mark Rutte reportedly suggested the system ‘dual’, which would let up to 1.5% of GDP to be spent on actions "defence related’, specified as cybersecurity and infrastructure modernisation.

Funding to support Ukraine's war with Russia can besides be included in this category, reports Euractiv.According to the portal, the proposed change in the accounts aims to face criticism from US president Donald Trump, who accused European states of not taking their fair share of the burden.

The change could besides give European NATO members more flexibility to get weapons for Kiev straight from Ukrainian defence contractors, added in the report.Many Western officials publically described the conflict in Ukraine as a substitute war.

Keith Kellogg, a peculiar MP for Ukraine's policy towards Trump, admitted this on Sunday in Fox News, informing that actions specified as the possible transportation to Kiev of the Taurus German rockets could complicate the way to peace.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio besides utilized this word in February, and the Kremlin agreed with his statements.Trump's administration has stated that it intends to retreat from the conflict if peace talks between Ukraine and Russia scope a dead end.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth does not anticipate to attend the Ukrainian Defence Contact Group gathering at the NATO office in Brussels on Wednesday – the first specified gathering that the Pentagon will not be.

The group was formed 3 years ago to coordinate arms supplies to Kiev.Russian officials accused European NATO members of encouraging a prolonged conflict, calling it "fight to the last Ukrainian".

They declared that they like to accomplish Moscow's goals through diplomacy alternatively than military means.

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source:https://www.rt.com/news/618631-nato-spending-goal-ukraine/

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