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Eight European nations pledge $500 million for Ukraine arms via PURL

Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, and Sweden will jointly fund a $500 million package of military aid for Ukraine, including equipment and munitions purchased under NATO's PURL initiative, the alliance reported on its website on Nov. 13.

13 November 2025, 07:24 PM

Stoltenberg: Timely aid might have prevented war in Ukraine

Former NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg admitted Western aid to Ukraine was "too little and too late," saying stronger early support could have deterred Russia's full-scale invasion, The Sunday Times reported on Nov. 8.

9 November 2025, 04:16 PM

U.S. NATO envoy in Kyiv oversees delivery of Western weapons

U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO Matthew Whitaker made his first trip to Ukraine on Nov. 3, meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and senior defense officials to “make sure” the Ukrainian military gets the Western arms it needs.

4 November 2025, 01:10 AM

Russia demands halt to Western military aid as ceasefire condition — Sybiha

Russia is demanding that Ukraine stop receiving Western military aid as a precondition for a ceasefire, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said in an interview with Libération published on May 25.

27 May 2025, 04:44 PM

Russia’s plot to kill Rheinmetall CEO exposed by NATO

Russia planned to assassinate Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger, NATO official James Appathurai revealed, Reuters reported on July 11, 2024.

28 January 2025, 05:56 PM

Germany explains delays in supplying Western weapons to Ukraine

The supply of Western weapons to Ukraine depends primarily on the availability of necessary systems, not on funding, said German government spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit at a briefing, as reported by Ukrinform.

1 November 2024, 03:57 PM

NSDC secretary outlines Ukraine's two key military objectives against Russia

Ukraine has two important military tasks: to stop the Russian invasion forces on the front line and to strike at targets in Russia, National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksandr Lytvynenko said in an interview with The Times on June 16.

17 June 2024, 01:00 PM

Romania could be willing to provide Ukraine with its Patriot air defense systems

Romania might be prepared to send its Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine, President Klaus Iohannis said on May 7 after meeting U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington, Reuters reported.

8 May 2024, 10:39 AM

Ukraine’s crowd-funded drones thwart Russian advance amid arms shortages

As Russian forces advance, Ukraine relies on crowd-funded FPV drones, facing the imminent threat of retreating to the Dnipro River due to critical shortages in Western military aid, according to Lieutenant Colonel Pavlo Kurylenko, The Telegraph reported on April 12.

13 April 2024, 12:18 PM

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