Ukraine to buy weapons and military supplies through Nato agency: Report

Nato will allow Ukraine to procure weapons, ammunition and military equipment through its centralised procurement agency, potentially enabling Kyiv to secure defence supplies faster and at lower costs, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.The arrangement will give Ukraine access to the Nato Support and Procurement Agency’s (NSPA) procurement expertise, support services and established industrial base, Jacqueline Borsboom, the agency’s director of support to operations, told the FT."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," Borsboom said.The deal comes amid worsening relations between the United States and Ukraine since US President Donald Trump announced a diesel export deal with Russia this month aimed at lowering US fuel prices.Ukraine has also reported disruptions to some intelligence-sharing arrangements and its access to the Starshield satellite system. However, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a meeting in Oslo on Tuesday had resulted in an agreement to resolve those issues.You use AI every day. Now get your AI Quotient. Take the AIQ test.