Synopsis
On 24 February 2022, Russia’s full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine began. Four years later, Ukraine keeps on bravely defending its freedom. For four years, NATO’ support to Ukraine has never stopped, and we will continue to make sure Ukraine has what it needs to defend itself. As the words of the Ukrainian national anthem say: “Ukraine's freedom has not yet perished, nor has her glory”. Ukrainian soldiers keep singing their anthem while NATO keeps standing with Ukraine, with the goal of reaching a just and lasting peace as soon as possible.
Transcript
—SOUNDBITE IN UKRANIAN (SUBTITLES IN ENGLISH) — ‘Ukraine's freedom has not yet perished, nor has her glory. Upon us, fellow Ukrainians, fate shall...
At the NATO Summit in The Hague, NATO leaders recognised that in order to deter any future military conflict, Allies will have to pledge to spending 5% of their GDP to defence (of which up to 1.5% may be spent on defence-related investments). This has created the conditions for Allies to channel robust funding into governmental contracts with the defence industry in order to meet the new Capability Targets that are assigned for each Ally to...
