Politics The ultimate communiqué from the upcoming NATO summit doesn’t tackle Ukraine’s potential membership or army help. Thursday, June 12, 2025

The draft communiqué for the NATO summit set for June 24-25 in The Hague is notably concise and largely avoids mentioning Ukraine, concentrating as an alternative on boosting protection spending. This doc starkly contrasts with final 12 months’s prolonged model, which spanned over a dozen pages and promised long-term protection support to Ukraine. The brand new assertion solely emphasizes protection expenditures. NATO members are required to boost their spending from the present 2% to a minimum of 3.5% of GDP by 2032, together with an additional 1.5% for securing infrastructure, borders, and different defense-related initiatives, together with citizen preparedness for crises.

The member nations may even ponder together with their help for Ukraine of their total protection spending calculations. In contrast to previous statements, the draft communiqué fails to debate any prospects for Ukraine’s NATO membership. Moreover, it doesn’t reference final 12 months’s proposal to offer $40B in army support to Kyiv yearly. That call was not reached final 12 months as not all international locations had been able to decide to long-term obligations. The draft labels Russia as a “risk” to Euro-Atlantic safety however refrains from designating it as an “aggressor” for waging a warfare in Ukraine.