Ukraine will quickly obtain 35 interceptor missiles for its Patriot air defence programs, thirty of which will probably be from member states of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (also referred to as the Ramstein format) and 5 extra from Germany.

Supply: German Defence Minister Borys Pistorius following a gathering within the Ramstein format at NATO headquarters on 12 February, as a European Pravda correspondent reported

Particulars: Pistorius made an surprising promise to Ukraine to offer 5 extra interceptor missiles for the Patriot air defence programs.

Quote: "Concerning the air defence, I made a decision to make a spontaneous proposal on the finish of our session that Germany will switch to Ukraine 5 extra PAC‑3 interceptor missiles if different associate nations collectively ship 30 PAC‑3 items. Everyone knows it’s about saving lives.

It's a matter of days and never a matter of weeks or months. So I can inform you we’re heading in the right direction."

Particulars: He recalled that Ukraine will want at the least US$50 billion in 2026 for self‑defence.

Quote: "John [Healey, the UK Defence Secretary], Mykhailo [Fedorov, Ukraine's Defence Minister] and I, along with NATO Secretary Basic Mark Rutte, wrote a letter to our companions final week. We strongly urge all nations within the Ukraine Defence Contact Group to offer extra assist."

Particulars: He additionally expressed satisfaction with the end result of immediately's Ramstein assembly, notably the €35 billion in navy assist for Ukraine introduced by John Healey from the nations taking part in immediately's Ramstein format assembly.

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Background:

• John Healey stated that allies pledged US$35 billion in navy assist to Ukraine in 2026 throughout a gathering of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group.
• The Netherlands, the UK, Norway and Sweden have contributed US$500 million to buy US weapons for Ukraine underneath the PURL initiative.
• On 12 February it was reported that the UK would be part of the PURL programme and commit £150 million (US$205 million) as its first contribution.
• Ukraine's ambassador to NATO has listed the nations which have supplied Ukraine with probably the most help in buying critically wanted US weapons, together with air defence programs.

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