NATO Steps Up Arms Coordination for Ukraine Amid Trump Bid

NATO will increase its role in coordinating arms supplies to Ukraine to ensure stable aid despite the U.S. elections. Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg clarified that this move does not involve NATO as a party to the conflict but aims to support Ukraine's right to self-defense.

NATO will assume a greater role in the coordination of arms supplies to Ukraine, the alliance said on Friday, taking over from the U.S. in a bid to safeguard the aid mechanism as NATO-sceptic Donald Trump bids for a second term as U.S. president.

"These efforts do not make NATO a party to the conflict but they will enhance our support to Ukraine to uphold its right to self-defence," NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters in Brussels.