Eight Nordic and Baltic nations will jointly finance a 500 million dollar package of military equipment and munitions for Ukraine, sourced from the United States, under NATO’s Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List initiative, the organisation stated.
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden announced the coordinated contribution on Thursday.
The package will supply items identified by Kyiv as urgent battlefield needs and procured through the PURL mechanism, which NATO uses to match Ukrainian requirements with available Allied funding and industrial capacity.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte welcomed the move, describing it as a further demonstration of regional commitment to supporting Ukraine’s defence. “Our Nordic and Baltic Allies are stepping up to fund a further package of critical military equipment for Ukraine,” he said.
“This equipment is extremely important as Ukraine enters the winter months, and deliveries through PURL are flowing into Ukraine. NATO Allies will continue to deliver essential equipment and supplies.”
It’s quite stunning that the US government has essentially managed to turn a European war into a US industrial stimulus package that’s paid for by European NATO nations.. well done Europe neglecting your own Military industrial complex is really paying off 👍👍👍