More PURL pledges expected this week, US ambassador says

February 10, 2026 9:30 AM EST

U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker speaks during an interview with Reuters at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, August 4, 2025. REUTERS/Marta Fiorin

BRUSSELS, Feb ⁠10 (Reuters) - ⁠U.S. ‍ambassador to NATO Matthew ‍Whitaker said on Tuesday that ​he expects more ​announcements of pledges for the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative ​to supply Ukraine with U.S. ​weapons when alliance defence ministers ‌meet in Brussels on Thursday.

The ambassador also ​told reporters ⁠in an online briefing that allies ‌have thus far pledged to buy ‌over $4.5 billion in American weapons ‌to address Ukraine's urgent battlefield needs via PURL.

Twenty-one ‍NATO allies and two partners have ⁠pledged support, Whitaker said.

(Reporting by Lili Bayer; Editing by Benoit Van Overstraeten)



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