{"id":2841,"date":"2025-11-15T10:57:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T11:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=2841"},"modified":"2025-11-27T09:36:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T09:36:56","slug":"nato-members-to-pay-over-e400mn-for-ukraines-us-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/15\/nato-members-to-pay-over-e400mn-for-ukraines-us-weapons\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO members to pay over \u20ac400mn for Ukraine\u2019s US weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The pledge comes as Kiev grapples with a major corruption scandal involving associates of Vladimir Zelensky<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Several NATO members will jointly provide a \u20ac430 million ($500 million) military package for Ukraine, according to Secretary General Mark Rutte.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden are expected to finance the package through the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List program. The program was approved in September, allowing Washington to supply weapons to Kiev while European members cover the costs.<\/p>\n<p>US President Donald Trump has frequently criticized his predecessor Joe Biden for awarding large military aid packages and described Vladimir Zelensky as <em>\u201cthe greatest salesman on earth.\u201d<\/em> He has also insisted that NATO members in Europe bear the primary burden of supporting Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, the US president claimed once again that Washington had spent $350 billion on the Ukraine conflict and that America would no longer allocate such funds. <em>\u201cNow they\u2019re paying us through NATO,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"The EU\u2019s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, speaks at an event in Brussels on November 4, 2025.\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/6915616985f5403d9202033e.jpg\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/627722-kallas-ukraine-corruption-unfortunate\/\">Ukrainian corruption scandal \u2018extremely unfortunate\u2019 \u2013 EU\u2019s Kallas<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The announcement comes as Kiev grapples with a widening graft probe that has intensified pressure on Zelensky\u2019s government.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Ukraine\u2019s National Anti-Corruption Bureau charged seven people, including Zelensky\u2019s former longtime business partner Timur Mindich, with kickbacks and embezzlement in the energy sector, which is heavily funded by Western aid. The EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas has called on Kiev to address graft <em>\u201cvery fast\u201d<\/em> saying that <em>\u201cpeople\u2019s money should go to the front lines.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Moscow has accused European supporters of Ukraine of prolonging the conflict at the expense of Ukrainian lives, claiming they are unwilling to acknowledge the failure of their strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pledge comes as Kiev grapples with a major corruption scandal involving associates of Vladimir Zelensky Several NATO members will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2841"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2841"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2845,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2841\/revisions\/2845"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}