Ukraine to be able to buy military supplies via NATO agency: report据报道,乌克兰或可通过北约机构购买军需品。
The deal comes amid worsening U.S.-Ukraine relations since U.S. President Trump announced a diesel export deal with Russia this month to lower U.S. prices.
NATO will allow Ukraine to buy weapons, ammunition and military equipment via its centralized procurement agency, potentially allowing Kyiv to obtain defense supplies faster and more cheaply, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.
“It provides Ukraine with the ability to have a more structured framework to leverage a broad range of capabilities that we offer: procurement expertise, support services and access to established industrial base,” the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) director of support to operations, Jacqueline Borsboom, told the FT.
The deal comes amid worsening U.S.-Ukraine relations since U.S. President Donald Trump announced a diesel export deal with Russia this month to lower U.S. fuel prices.
Ukraine has complained of disruption to some intelligence sharing and its use of the Starshield satellite system, though Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said a meeting in Oslo on Tuesday had agreed to resolve those issues.
据《金融时报》周四报道,北约将允许乌克兰通过其集中采购机构购买武器、弹药和军事装备,这可能会使基辅更快、更便宜地获得国防物资。
“这将使乌克兰能够拥有一个更加结构化的框架,以利用我们提供的各种能力:采购专业知识、支持服务以及进入成熟的工业基础,”北约支持和采购局 (NSPA) 行动支持主管杰奎琳·博斯布姆 (Jacqueline Borsboom) 告诉《金融时报》。
这项协议的达成正值美乌关系恶化之际,此前美国总统唐纳德·特朗普本月宣布与俄罗斯达成柴油出口协议,以降低美国燃油价格。
乌克兰抱怨其情报共享和使用“星盾”卫星系统受到干扰,但乌克兰总统泽连斯基表示,周二在奥斯陆举行的一次会议已同意解决这些问题。