But when asked whether Western countries should send troops to Ukraine, Cameron said “no” and then said NATO must be in “the best possible shape” by the US election in November. He added that extracting more US taxpayer funds would help both NATO and Kiev.
He added “boots on the ground” for targeting Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Prime Minister Cameron was speaking at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit of 32 foreign ministers held over two days in Brussels.
The Heritage Foundation found that the United States’ current $113 billion in aid to Ukraine costs each American household $900. https://t.co/2vSx0ExVAN
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He is scheduled to visit the United States next week, his second since becoming foreign secretary, and said he will ask Congress for further financial support that “could change the narrative” in Ukraine. BBC report He told Ukraine Cast:
If we can get that money out of the U.S. Congress, if we can get Ukraine the weapons it needs, and we can’t let President Putin get the better of us, and Ukraine can fight back and get more If we can show that we intend to take back the territory.
If we can do all these things, whoever comes in in November, looking at the situation in Ukraine…seeing more and more NATO members spending 2 percent of their GDP on defense, this is a success story. I would say I want to invest in this success.
Therefore, turn Ukraine and NATO in this situation into the strongest possible alliance with the best chance of success. And whoever wins in November 2024 will inherit a better situation.
Asked about concerns that war could still spread to Ukraine’s borders, particularly Poland and the Baltic states, Prime Minister Cameron said NATO had adopted the principle that “an attack on one is an attack on all”. He assured that he would intervene in such situations based on his Article 5 pledge.
But he ruled out that Western countries were “on the ground” in Ukraine, saying: “We do not want to give President Putin such a target.”
President Joe Biden’s administration and the U.S. Congress have directed about $75 billion in aid to Ukraine since the war began.
This includes humanitarian, financial and military support, according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, a German research institute.
