NATO failed to agree on long-term commitments for military aid to Ukraine in 2027 while preparing for the alliance’s upcoming summit in Ankara. This was reported by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, citing diplomatic sources.

The NATO summit is scheduled to take place in Turkey on July 7–8. Ahead of the meeting, representatives of the alliance’s member states held talks in Brussels, where they discussed the draft final declaration.

According to the newspaper, the allies agreed to allocate €70 billion for military support to Kyiv in 2026. However, they failed to lock in a similar level of assistance for 2027 because of disagreements.

The draft declaration was expected to state that NATO countries reaffirm their sovereign commitments to maintain at least a comparable level of aid to Ukraine in 2027. But Italy opposed this wording, preventing consensus.

The United States also made separate changes to the document. According to FAZ, Washington blocked the inclusion of language about an «inseparable link» between the security of Ukraine and Europe. As a result, only a more restrained wording remained in the draft, stating that Ukraine contributes to transatlantic security.

The next round of talks among NATO representatives on the draft final declaration is scheduled for Thursday.

Russia has repeatedly stated that arms supplies to Ukraine obstruct a settlement and directly involve NATO countries in the conflict. Moscow describes such actions as «playing with fire.»

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned that any cargo containing weapons for Ukraine will become a legitimate target for Russia. The Kremlin has also said that flooding Kyiv with Western weapons does not contribute to negotiations and will have a negative effect.