NATO Summit in Ankara to Announce Tens of Billions in Defense Contracts

NATO leaders gathering in Ankara are set to announce defense contracts worth tens of billions of dollars, as the alliance reaffirms its commitment to collective defense. Heads of state and government attending the summit are also expected to pledge 70 billion euros in military support for Ukraine, underlining the alliance's continued backing for Kyiv amid the ongoing war with Russia. NATO, the transatlantic military alliance of 32 member states, has been significantly increasing defense spending and arms deliveries to Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022. The Ankara summit represents a further consolidation of that effort, with the scale of announced contracts signaling a long-term buildup of alliance military capacity.