Norway boosts Ukraine aid for 2025 to $3.2bn

Norway plans to increase its support to Ukraine for 2025 to at least 35 billion Norwegian kroner ($3.2 billion), the government announced after a parliamentary meeting on Thursday.

Of this amount, 22.5 billion kroner is to be used for military support, while 12.5 billion is earmarked for humanitarian and civilian aid.

Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre told the news agency NTB that the decision sends an important signal to Ukraine and to those attacking the country.

The government had initially allocated 15 billion kroner in the 2025 state budget for support for Ukraine. The opposition considered this amount to be far too low, leading parties to provisionally agree earlier this week on 30 billion, to be discussed at today's meeting.

The money is to be delivered via the Nansen support programme, which is how Norway has provided all of its long-term support to Ukraine.

The programme is also to be extended for another three years until 2030. The government expects the Nansen programme to facilitate the transfer of at least 154.5 billion kroner in total.