Allies Collectively Supported Ukraine with Eur 150 Billion in Aid — NATO Secretary General

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has stated that the total cost of allies aid to Ukraine during the full-scale war is worth about 150 billion euros.

"NATO Allies have over the last year supported Ukraine with military and financial and economic support worth around close to 150 billion euros out of which 65 billion euros is military support," Stoltenberg said before the allied defence ministers meeting on March 8.

It seems that this is the first announced total cost of Western aid for Ukraine.

Jens Stoltenberg also underlines the need to ramp up production of ammunition. He noted that this is exactly what the meeting is about. The Allies are preparing to agree new guidelines, new requirements for stockpiles of ammunition, ensuring that we both can replenish our own stockpiles

"NATO Allies have signed contracts and I welcome that they have signed contracts with the defence industry to ramp up production given the long-term demand signals and several NATO Allies have also gone into joint projects or procurement of different types of ammunition but also warehousing for ammunition," he noted.

Earlier, Oleksii Reznikov, Minister of Defence of Ukraine, said that the EU defence ministers in Stockholm would discuss the supply of one million 155 mm artillery ammunition and other heavy equipment needed for Ukraine's counteroffensive.