November 29, 2023

BRUSSELS — NATO's foreign ministers Wednesday agreed to step up work with Ukraine on a wide range of security issues, in a bid to show solidarity amid distractions from the war between Israel and Hamas.

In a statement, NATO allies vowed to "remain steadfast in their commitment to further step up political and practical support to Ukraine" and said they "will continue their support for as long as it takes," after a meeting with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in Brussels.

"We are increasing our interoperability with NATO," Kuleba said, ahead of the first foreign ministerial-level NATO-Ukraine Council meeting. "We are pretty much becoming a de facto NATO army, in terms of our technical capacity, management approaches and principles of running an army."

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