NATO members made a show of unity at the end of the summit in Ankara. The final declaration states that Europe and Canada will shoulder a greater share of the defence burden in future. Plans were drawn up for massive investment in the defence industry and the modernisation of member states’ armed forces. Military aid totalling 140 billion euros over two years was also pledged to Ukraine. The media takes stock. Unity amid turmoilJOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Political scientist Linas Kojala (Lithuania) provides a recap in Delfi: “The Nato summit ended with something that we can no longer take for granted: unity. This does not mean there are no more tensions within the alliance… The political atmosphere remains turbulent, even chaotic. But the key message remains: no matter how tumultuous the situation, Nato will find a way forward. America’s signature on the final declaration signals that the US does not wish to withdraw completely, despite the shift in responsibilities within the alliance. ... All the predictions about ‘the death of Nato’ are greatly exaggerated.” Trust destroyed long ago But Handelsblatt (Germany) observes that very little remains of what Nato once was: “Yet again, the irascible president has made no secret of his contempt for the transatlantic partners – no matter how much the Europeans might try to placate him... So we are left asking how much remains of the Western defence alliance, when no one this side of the Atlantic can trust the Americans’ commitment to it. The mutual defence obligation under Article 5 is a fragile seedling that is less rooted in a Nato Treaty clause than in the trust between partners who once shared the same values. That trust, however, has long since been destroyed.”