Ukraine Anticipates Increased Arms Fund for Weapon Purchases

Earlier this year, the American initiative PURL was initiated, which largely means that European countries jointly contribute with money to buy advanced American weapons for Ukraine.

Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyj stated on Wednesday that approximately two billion US dollars, just over 18 billion kronor, are now in the fund – and that more money is on its way in.

We will get more money in October. I think we will then have somewhere between 3.5 and 3.6 billion dollars, said Zelenskyj at a press conference in the capital Kyiv.

Zelenskyj revealed few details about what the first arms deliveries may look like, but says he expects missiles for the air defense system Patriot and ammunition for the rocket artillery system Himars.

Corrected: In an earlier version of the text, the wrong currency was stated in the introduction.