Tusk Urges Caution on New Ukraine Aid at NATO Summit as Allies Eye 70 Billion Euros
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Updated · Kyiv Independent · Jul 3
Tusk Urges Caution on New Ukraine Aid at NATO Summit as Allies Eye 70 Billion Euros
3 articles · Updated · Kyiv Independent · Jul 3
Summary
Donald Tusk said Poland should be wary of promising additional Ukraine aid at next week’s NATO summit, arguing Warsaw already carries the main burden of defending the EU’s eastern border.
The July 7-8 Ankara meeting is expected to endorse 70 billion euros in Ukraine support for 2026-27, but Bloomberg reported the package largely repackages existing NATO pledges and an EU-backed loan.
Tusk said Warsaw has passed its position to President Karol Nawrocki, who will represent Poland at the summit alongside other senior officials.
The warning comes as Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha meets Polish counterpart Radoslaw Sikorski in Warsaw to contain a row that peaked with Nawrocki revoking Volodymyr Zelensky’s Order of the White Eagle.
That dispute was triggered by Kyiv naming a military unit after the UPA, a World War Two-era force tied in Poland’s memory to the Volyn massacres.