NATO head calls on allies to share financial burden of Ukraine aid fairly

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has called on the alliance's member states to commit to jointly providing Ukraine with at least 40 billion euros per year and to fairly distribute the financial burden among themselves. At a press conference after Friday's informal meeting of NATO foreign ministers, he said that he expects the alliance to make more decisions regarding aid to Ukraine at the NATO summit in Washington in July.

He also said the alliance will work on further charting Ukraine's path to joining NATO, as membership will be its biggest security guarantee, and that Ukraine defending itself is not an escalation of the conflict but a fundamental right.