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