The Ukraine-Nordic Summit included Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Finland, Sweden and Ukraine. It resulted in the support of Ukraine’s path towards NATO membership and measures to continue sanctions pressure on Russia.
Denmark, Iceland Norway, Finland, and Sweden pledged over EUR20 billion ($21billion) in military, humanitarian, and financial aid to Ukraine, according to a statement released at the fourth Ukraine-Nordic Summit held in Reykjavik, Iceland on 28 October.
Since Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the Nordic countries have taken an unified and strong stance to support Ukraine. They have provided billions in military aid, financial help, and humanitarian assistance. They are working to improve Ukraine’s military capability through bilateral security agreements. This includes air defense, maritime warfare and boosting the production of Ukraine’s defense industries.
According to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the summit focused on improving air defense capabilities including potential Patriot systems and expanding defense production in Ukraine and partner countries.
Determination is what matters.
The Fourth Ukraine-Nordic Summit was highly productive.
In a time of war, the best question to ask partners is: what is the next step that we can take to help Ukraine? Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Finland, and Sweden are ready… pic.twitter.com/87HdvPLJkp– Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Volodimir Zelens’kii (@ZelenskyyUa) October 30, 2024
The leaders of Nordic nations collectively endorsed Ukraine’s Victory Plan. This plan outlines steps towards achieving “a just peace,” as Zelenskyy described it. They also committed to strengthening Ukraine’s position before a second Peace Summit.
They expressed their support for Ukraine joining NATO, saying that “Ukraine’s future place is NATO” and welcomed opening of EU accession talks.
The Nordic countries have also committed to maintain pressure on Russia by imposing sanctions and taking measures against the shadow fleet that transports Russian oil to circumvent restrictions. This fleet allows Russia to finance military operations and Nordic partners are asking for broader support from EU and G7 in order to address this issue.
The summit addressed the immediate winter needs by delivering a package that focused on energy, social resilience and humanitarian assistance, which was recently delivered to Odesa during the visit of the Nordic Baltic foreign ministers. The countries also highlighted the contributions they made to ammunition supplies and European manufacturing capacity.
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