Ukraine will obtain round US$5 billion value of navy gear through the Prioritised Ukraine Necessities Record (PURL) initiative by the top of 2025.
Supply: NATO Deputy Secretary Normal Radmila Shekerinska in an interview with Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne
Particulars: Air defence methods, ammunition and important spare elements can be equipped from US navy stockpiles. Shekerinska mentioned that PURL logistics function across the clock by hubs in Poland and Romania. She additionally famous that Ukraine all the time wants extra air defence, and that the defence industries in NATO nations are rising manufacturing to cowl this shortfall.
Shekerinska identified that the lion's share of air defence belongings reaches Ukraine by PURL. "That is actually the distinction between life and dying," she mentioned.
For reference: PURL is an initiative of the USA and NATO that’s designed to quickly ship US weapons bought by accomplice nations for Ukraine. It turned operational in the summertime of 2025. As of early December, 21 nations worldwide have joined the initiative. Funding for weapons procurement has been supplied by, amongst others, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Germany, in addition to Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Background: Earlier, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned that Ukraine's objective is to safe US$1 billion monthly for weapons beneath PURL.
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