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If the plan is finalized, it would allow critical aid to flow to Ukraine as it endures one of Russia’s heaviest assaults of the war.
The arrangement allows Ukraine to get weapons it needs in its war with Russia while providing a way for Europe to increase its defense spending as promised.
President Donald Trump told NBC he struck a deal with NATO on Thursday for the US to send weapons to Ukraine through the alliance, and that NATO will pay for those weapons “a hundred percent.”
"What does it say that such a big decision could be made inside your government without you knowing?" a reporter asked.
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The Pentagon last week announced that it would hold back some weapons pledged to Ukraine because of what U.S. officials said were concerns that American stockpiles were in short supply.
The US president said he will send weapons to Nato, which he said would pay and then give the weapons to Ukraine.
Following the Pentagon announcing a pause on weapons, the U.S. president said Ukraine must defend itself from Russia.
President Trump announces arrangement where NATO pays for US weapons sent to Ukraine, as Russian strikes intensify across Ukraine, including an attack on a maternity hospital.
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