Britain and other European states pledge even more military aid to Ukraine
Britain's Defense Secretary John Healey, left, talks with Germany's Defense Minister Boris Pistorius during a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at NATO headquarters in Brussels, April 11, 2025
EUROPEAN countries vowed yesterday to funnel billions of dollars into further military aid for Ukraine.
After chairing a meeting of Ukraine’s Western backers in Brussels, British Defence Secretary John Healey announced new pledges of military aid totalling more than €21 billion (£18.2bn). He said it represented “a record boost in military funding for Ukraine and we are also surging that support to the front-line fight.” He gave no breakdown of that figure.
Nato secretary-general Mark Rutte said last week that Ukraine’s backers had provided around $21bn (£16bn) in the first three months of this year. Yesterday, European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said more than $26bn (£19.8bn) had been committed.
