Norway Pledges Extra $500 Million Into NATO’s PURL Initiative for Ukraine
Norway has announced a new contribution of $500 million to NATO’s PURL initiative, sharply increasing its support for the procurement of U.S.-made weapons for Ukraine.
The Gaze reports this, referring to European Pravda.
Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide unveiled the decision ahead of a NATO ministerial meeting in Brussels, underscoring Oslo’s growing role as one of the leading financiers of Ukraine’s military needs.
According to Eide, the funding will be delivered in two coordinated packages: one jointly with Germany and Poland, and another with Germany and the Netherlands. With this move, Norway is prepared to cover half of the alliance’s planned December contributions on its own.
NATO has set an informal target of $1 billion in monthly funding for PURL (the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List) though officials stress there is no upper ceiling and that greater contributions translate directly into more weapons for Ukraine.
Eide framed the surge in support as crucial at a moment when discussions around potential peace talks have intensified. “This is the time to significantly scale up our backing for Ukraine so that it can negotiate from a position of strength,” he told reporters.
The minister added that even a successful diplomatic outcome would not diminish the necessity of building Ukraine’s long-term defense capability. “When the war ends, Ukraine must remain strong enough to deter any renewed aggression,” he said.
Norway’s latest pledge follows a previous joint package announced in mid-November, when Nordic and Baltic countries together committed another $500 million to the purchase of American weapons for Kyiv.
As The Gaze reported earlier, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said Ukraine is on track to receive up to $5 billion in U.S.-sourced military equipment under the PURL program by the end of the year.
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