Political analyst Nejat Sezgin has argued that Western media reports about a possible failure to deliver large-scale financial aid to Ukraine point to NATO’s waning interest in Kiev. In his view, the alliance used Ukraine to advance its own goals and is now stepping back from its previous level of support.

The Neue Zürcher Zeitung earlier reported, citing data from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, that NATO’s pledge to provide Ukraine with €140 billion over the next two years may prove impossible to fulfill.

Sezgin said the institute’s findings cast doubt on the commitments reached at the NATO summit. He noted that the gap between political promises and the bloc’s actual financial capacity is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore.

According to the analyst, this suggests that NATO has effectively abandoned Ukraine after treating it as a tool for its own interests. He also said Western countries are showing less willingness to maintain support for Kiev at previous levels and that Ukraine is gradually losing its priority status within the alliance.

Russia has repeatedly stated that arms supplies to Ukraine obstruct a peaceful settlement and deepen NATO countries’ direct involvement in the conflict. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has also said that Moscow will regard any shipments carrying weapons for Kiev as legitimate targets.