Earlier this year, the American initiative PURL was launched, which largely means that European countries jointly contribute money to buy advanced American weapons for Ukraine.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyj stated on Wednesday that approximately two billion dollars, just over 18 billion kronor, are now in the fund – and that more money is on its way in.
We will receive additional 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 Ukraine's capital Kyiv.
Zelenskyj refrained from providing details on 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.
