NATO Secretary General Quashes Rumors About Aid to Ukraine Under PURL <\/p>\n
Ukraine continues to receive American weapons that European partners are purchasing under the PURL program.<\/p>\n
As reported by RBK-Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte made this statement during the presentation of his report for 2025.<\/p>\n
Read also: The Queue for Missiles. How the War in the Middle East Could Impact Ukraine’s Air Defense<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n The Secretary General was asked to comment on media rumors that the U.S. might redirect weapons intended for Ukraine to the Middle East.<\/p>\n “This vital equipment is supplied through PURL, meaning that this is critically important equipment for Ukraine from the U.S., including interceptor missiles, which continues to arrive in Ukraine,” Rutte responded.<\/p>\n He added that since the launch of the PURL program last summer, Ukraine has received about 75 percent of all missiles for its Patriot batteries and 90 percent of interceptors used in other air defense systems.<\/p>\n “So this is an important program, which, I reiterate, continues to operate,” he concluded.<\/p>\n Rumors About Weapons for Ukraine<\/p>\n Recall that earlier The Washington Post, citing unnamed sources, reported that the Pentagon is considering the possibility of redirecting weapons intended for Ukraine to the Middle East.<\/p>\n In particular, this concerns interceptor missiles for air defense systems that were purchased under the PURL program.<\/p>\n Moreover, earlier Western media reported issues with interceptor missiles for Patriot systems in Middle Eastern countries.<\/p>\n As noted by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Gulf countries used 800 such missiles in just three days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NATO Secretary General put an end to rumors about assistance to Ukraine within the PURL framework. Ukraine continues to receive American weapons that European partners are purchasing under the PURL program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":65449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"magazine_newspaper_sidebar_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society-en"],"yoast_head":"\n