US EditionNATO’s newest members offer to buy more US arms for Ukraine as Western backing declines
- Under the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List, NATO began coordinating regular deliveries of large weapons packages over the summer as Finland and Sweden said Wednesday they would buy U.S. arms for Ukraine.
- With European stocks depleted, spare weapons in European arsenals have nearly run out while France and Italy face budget strains and France refuses PURL involvement.
- Swedish Defense Minister Pål Jonson said the plan aimed to send at least one load a month, with about $2 billion allocated so far, and Finland's Defense Minister Antti Hökkönen confirmed joining PURL for Ukraine.
- NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte saw no problem, and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth urged more donations while Spain cited economic concerns and Antti Hökkönen called on all 32 NATO allies to share the burden.
- New data show Western military aid plunged by 43% in July and August, according to Germany's Kiel Institute, while Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur warned the U.S. share decreased significantly this year.
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Finland joins NATO's PURL mechanism to procure US weapons for Ukraine
Finland will join the PURL mechanism under which Ukraine’s allies purchase weapons from the United States for transfer to Kyiv. Defense Minister Antti Häkkänen announced the decision as he arrived for a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels on Wednesday, October 15, Yle reported. “We think it is very important that Ukraine receive critically needed weapons from the United States,” Häkkänen said. PURL (Prioritised Ukraine Requirements Lis…
Finland joins NATO-led US weapons purchase plan for Ukraine
Finland will begin buying weapons from the United States to donate to Ukraine, joining a growing number of European NATO members in a coordinated effort to support Kyiv's military needs. Defence Minister Antti Häkkänen confirmed the decision during NATO's defence ministerial meeting in Brussels. Speaking to reporters, he said Finland had decided to participate in the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List, or PURL, which pools European funds to a…
Finland Joins NATO’s PURL Program, Supporting Ukraine with US-Made Weapons
Finland’s Defense Minister Antti Häkkänen confirmed that the country will participate in NATO’s Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL), a program through which NATO members buy military equipment for Ukraine from the United States, Finnish yle outlet reported on October 15. Häkkänen emphasized the importance of providing Ukraine with critical weapons from the US, saying that the initiative will play a vital role in supporting Ukraine’s def…
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