The international delegation, headed by Ana Lucía Bueno, ICRC Public Health Coordinator, and Sujit Panda, Head of the Physical Rehabilitation…
Romania and Croatia have joined the PURL initiative, which finances the procurement of U.S.-made weapons in line with the priority needs of the Ukrainian Army, and announced their first contributions to the program.
This was reported by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy on December 31.
“This is an important initiative that enables the purchase of American weapons and strengthens our defense. In particular, these include missiles for Patriots and other assets we urgently need”, — he wrote.
According to him, since the launch of PURL in August, 24 countries have already joined the initiative: the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Canada, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Iceland, Finland, Belgium, Spain, Luxembourg, Portugal, Slovenia, Poland, Australia, Greece, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, and Croatia.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that the total amount of contributions stands at USD 4.3 billion, of which nearly USD 1.5 billion was contributed in December alone.
“Thanks to this, eight aid packages have already been formed, and two more are currently being filled. We thank everyone who helped Ukraine this year and will continue to support it in 2026. We are bringing peace and guaranteed security closer for Ukraine and all of Europe”, — the President emphasized.
