NATO boss floats 100 billion euro military aid fund for Ukraine

FILE PHOTO: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg attends a press conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium March 14, 2024. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO boss Jens Stoltenberg has proposed a 100 billion euro ($107 billion), five-year package of military aid to Ukraine that would give the Western alliance a more direct role in providing support to Kyiv, five diplomats said on Tuesday.

Under the plan, NATO would take over some coordination work from a U.S.-led ad-hoc coalition known as the Ramstein group - a step designed in part to guard against any cut in U.S. support if Donald Trump returns to the White House, diplomats said.