Allies Weigh Transferring Ukraine Weapons Group to NATO

[Hol]

An American-led multinational organization that coordinates the shipment of arms to Ukraine could move to the control of NATO to make it easier for the flow of weapons to Kyiv if Donald Trump becomes president, Politico reported on Tuesday.

Very senior officials in Brussels during the NATO foreign ministerial meeting on Wednesday and Thursday are expected to discuss a gradual transfer of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group into the control of the alliance so that the move could be finalized at the NATO leaders' summit in Washington in July, according to a U.S. official.

This is seen as a way to give other countries in NATO a much more significant role in the process in case Trump is elected president again.

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/donald-trump-ukraine-weapons/2024/04/02/id/1159571/

 

[Greg]

Interesting... another step towards a European army? Assuming of course they can stay out of a major war with Russia.

 

[Hol]

Interesting... another step towards a European army? Assuming of course they can stay out of a major war with Russia.

At minimum they'd like to commit the US as an endless supplier of war materials.

 

[Margery]

Several news stories seem very tied to the stage setting for the trib, especially this one. Like Greg, it looks like a Rome 2.0 type of army getting ready. As Growing in Grace said, there is the military industrial complex with their finger on things too.

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

If NATO is in control, it can require the U.S. to participate directly in an armed conflict, as in sending of combat and support troops, per NATO treaty obligations, to which the United States is a signatory.