Instead of the United States: NATO will coordinate aid to Kyiv

NATO is taking over some of the responsibility for coordinating military assistance to Ukraine, which was previously carried out by the United States. This was said by the Head of the Military Committee of the Alliance, Admiral Rob Bauer, at a meeting of the Military Committee of the Chiefs of Defense Staff in Brussels on Thursday, January 16, reports Suspilne.

“Following the framework agreement reached in Washington, some mechanisms previously organized by the United States are now being transferred to NATO control. SACU (Special Advisory Unit from Ukraine) and IDCC (International Coordination Center) are a group of countries that helped Ukraine. Now NATO takes this responsibility and the United States has agreed to it,” Bauer said.

The admiral stressed that these changes are aimed at creating permanent aid mechanisms that will ensure stability for Ukraine regardless of changes in the political structure.

“For people like General Syrsky, who is directly in charge of operations at the front, the war does not depend on what happens in the White House or anywhere else,” – noted Bauer.

The head of the Military Committee emphasized that the Alliance is obliged to provide Ukraine with everything necessary to continue the fight.

“As the Secretary General said, we must do everything to ensure that Ukraine has the strongest possible position when the negotiations begin. Until then, our support must be as strong as possible,” stressed he.

We remind you that the future US administration said that they are not sure if the rest of the approved funding will be allocated to Ukraine.

Zelensky praised the West’s contribution to arming the Armed Forces of Ukraine