Ukraine’s request for 1 billion euros from Europe to buy American weapons

According to Isna, Ukraine has requested to receive about one billion euros of additional financial aid from Europe by the end of the year so that it can continue buying American weapons. “We would be very grateful for any new assistance from allies so that Ukraine can continue to receive equipment through the Ukrainian Priority Requirement List program,” Alyona Getmenchuk, Ukraine’s ambassador to NATO, told Bloomberg. This program funds the purchase of American weapons with financial resources mainly provided by Kiev’s European partners.

This request has been made in the context that Russia has intensified its air strikes and at the same time its forces are putting additional pressure on Ukraine with erosive advances on the battlefield.

Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Berklemans announced that his country will allocate another 250 million euros to purchase American equipment, including air defense systems and F-16 fighter jets. These words were raised before the meeting of defense ministers of European countries in Brussels.

However, many European allies have shown little willingness to commit further after the Trump administration halted aid to Ukraine. This reluctance grew after Europe was taken aback by Washington’s new efforts to advance the peace plan, including an initial 28-point plan that appeared to be geared in Russia’s favor.

Earlier reports indicated that the plan had been revised to make it more acceptable to Kyiv after talks between US and Ukrainian negotiators in Geneva last week. The two sides also met in Florida on Sunday; A meeting that “Marco Rubio”, the US Secretary of State, described as “constructive”, although it did not reach the final result. “Steve Witkoff”, the US special envoy, has left for Russia this week to continue the consultations.

Ukraine’s ambassador to NATO emphasized that the peace talks “should not be seen as a sign of reducing support for Ukraine and reducing pressure on Russia, but the opposite.” He called on Europe to “immediately agree to the reparations loan”. The European Union countries have not yet agreed on the use of the blocked assets of the Russian Central Bank for financial aid to Ukraine; An issue that will probably be decided at the meeting of the heads of the Union on December 18 in Brussels.

He also described Ukraine’s Prioritized Requirements List program as “very effective,” saying that since it began this summer, the program has covered 75 percent of the cost of Patriot air defense systems and 90 percent of the cost of other air defense systems. The program also supplies long-range artillery shells that allow Ukraine to hit targets beyond the “drone death zone” on the battlefield, he said.

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