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Nordic and Baltic countries pledge $500 million Ukraine support package

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Nordic and Baltic countries pledge $500 million Ukraine support package
(L-R) Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Iceland's Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir attend a press conference during the 77th session of the Nordic Council in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 28th, 2025. Photo by Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP

Nordic and Baltic countries on Thursday announced that they would contribute $500 million to a scheme set up to purchase US weapons for Ukraine.

The funds will be allocated for military equipment and ammunition under NATO's Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL), said Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden in a joint statement.

The mechanism enabling the purchase of US stockpiles was launched by US President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in July.

"This joint pledge to contribute to the PURL initiative will further strengthen the commitment of the Nordic and Baltic countries to supporting Ukraine," said Finland's Defence Minister Antti Hakkanen.

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"It is crucial that Ukraine receives critical defence materiel quickly," he added.

"Russia's war of aggression is a long-term threat to European security, the transatlantic community and the rules-based international order," said the joint statement.

"We will not allow it to succeed."

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Stefanos
this is crazy.......it has to stop now

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