The Trump administration has approved its first US weapons packages for Ukraine, which could soon be shipped as Washington resumes arms deliveries to Kyiv under a new cost-sharing deal with allies, according to two sources.
This would mark the first use of a new mechanism created by the US and its allies to provide Ukraine with weapons from US stockpiles, funded by contributions from NATO member states.
The sources cited by Reuters reported that Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby has authorized up to two shipments each valued at $500 million under the program, known as the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL).
PURL was developed as a mechanism to support Ukraine’s war effort through which allied nations pool funds to purchase American weapons, munitions, and equipment from US stocks.
The new transatlantic effort is reportedly set to bolster Kyiv’s military capabilities with up to $10 billion in arms, according to Reuters.
The agency’s sources did not disclose the exact list of weapons approved for purchase by Europe. Still, they confirmed it includes air defense systems – a critical need for Ukraine amid intensified Russian drone and missile attacks.
One of the sources reported that the PURL list was to be processed after clearing the Pentagon’s policy unit.
“It’s the stuff they’ve been asking for. A lot of stuff,” the source said. “It’s the flow that’s allowed them to stabilize the lines thus far.”
It comes after US President Donald Trump voiced frustration over Moscow’s continued assaults on Ukraine, despite his attempts to broker an end to the conflict, saying he was “very disappointed” in Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
On Sept. 15, Trump called Russia the “aggressor”, saying “in war, when you’re the aggressor, you tend to lose more.”
