Expecting $3.5 billion for US arms to fight war against Russia: Kyiv
Received $2 billion from our partners specifically for PURL programme
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Ukraine expects that there will be around $3.5 billion funds by next month for it to buy weapons from the United States and help sustain its more than three-year fight against Russia's all-out invasion. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday.
The financial arrangement known as the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List, or PURL, pools contributions from NATO members, except the US, to purchase American weapons, munitions and equipment.
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“We received more than $2 billion from our partners specifically for the PURL programme,” Zelenskyy said at a joint news conference in Kyiv with visiting European Parliament President Roberta Metsola. “We will receive additional money in October. I think we will have somewhere around $3.5-3.6 billion.” efforts.
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