A fresh Norwegian pledge strengthens Ukraine\u2019s air-defense purchases through PURL, while Kyiv highlights Norway as the largest contributor to the program.<\/p>\n
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the total amount of aid from Norway under the PURL program amounts to over $1.2 billion \u2013 the largest contribution among participating countries.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday there is an important step of support from Norway \u2013 about $300 million to the PURL program. This is an important program, thanks to which we can purchase in the United States anti-ballistic missiles that are in short supply. Every day we need adequate protection from the treacherous Russian shelling. And I am grateful to Norway for its leadership and real support. The total amount of aid from Norway under PURL is already more than $1.2 billion. This is the largest contribution among all countries that have joined the program\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Zelensky<\/p>\n
He also personally thanked Prime Minister Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re for his contribution to PURL.<\/p>\n
According to the president, they recently met with the Prime Minister \u2013 they discussed the importance of PURL and the need to supply equipment for our air defense; there is now a concrete decision, and Zelensky thanks for helping protect the lives of Ukrainians.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, May 6, Norway announced providing Ukraine 2.8 billion Norwegian kroner (over $300 million) through the NATO initiative to procure American weapons called the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL).<\/p>\n
Key Points<\/p>\n
The total amount of support from Norway underscores the Allies\u2019 efforts in strengthening Ukraine\u2019s defense and security, demonstrating close cooperation within joint programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fresh Norwegian pledge strengthens Ukraine\u2019s air-defense purchases through PURL, while Kyiv highlights Norway as the largest contributor…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[40928,5351,38,157,40929,156,7043,40930],"class_list":{"0":"post-76530","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oslo","8":"tag-anti-ballistic-missiles","9":"tag-jonas-gahr-store","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-norway","12":"tag-norway-aid","13":"tag-oslo","14":"tag-purl","15":"tag-ukraine-air-defense"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116530344641658137","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}