Norway should boost financial aid to Ukraine significantly and also raise its own defence spending at a time of heightened global uncertainty, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere of the ruling Labour Party told parliament on Thursday.

Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store unveiled plans for a “substantial” boost to Ukraine aid after President Donald Trump paused all US military aid to the warn-torn nation.

The Norwegian parliament has decided to increase aid to Ukraine by US$4.6 billion to US$7.8 billion in 2025. Source: a statement, following a meeting of the leaders of parliamentary factions, as European Pravda reported with the reference to NRK,

Norway will more than double its financial pledge to Ukraine this year while also hiking its own defence spending, the prime minister said on Thursday, declaring the Nordic country faced its most serious security situation for 80 years.