US strikes deal to send Ukraine weapons through NATO

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US strikes deal to send Ukraine weapons through NATO

President Trump has announced that a deal was struck with NATO to send weapons to Ukraine, with the military alliance bearing the brunt of the cost.

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“We’re sending weapons to NATO, and NATO is paying for those weapons, 100 percent,” he said in a phone interview with NBC News. “So, what we’re doing is, the weapons that are going out are going to NATO, and then NATO is going to be giving those weapons [to Ukraine], and NATO is paying for those weapons.”

The president added that the deal was struck in June at the NATO summit in The Hague.

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