Norway, Sweden, Denmark Give $500 Million to NATO Project to Send US Weapons to Ukraine

Last month, U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States would supply Ukraine with weapons and NATO allies would be paying for them.

A launcher of a Patriot air defense system of the Ukrainian Air Forces is seen on the ground in an undisclosed location in Ukraine on Aug. 4, 2024. Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters

Norway, Sweden, and Denmark pledged to collectively contribute $500 million to an initiative aimed at providing U.S.-made weapons to Ukraine, the Norwegian government said on Tuesday.

The countries are among the first to finance military support packages for Ukraine, coordinated through NATO’s Prioritized Ukraine Requirement List (PURL) initiative. NATO allies will send materiel, including munitions for Patriot systems, to bolster Ukraine’s air defenses.