Stoltenberg proposes a 100 billion euro NATO package for Ukraine. Plan envisages NATO taking over part of the coordination work from the US-led so-called Ramstein Group.

The aim is to put together a package before the NATO summit in Washington in July. So far, the defense alliance has limited itself to supplying non-lethal materials to Ukraine, fearing that a more direct role could trigger an escalation of tensions with Russia. Most of its members supply Ukraine with weapons on a bilateral basis. The EU also finances arms deliveries.