The Priorised Ukrainian Requirement List (PURL) initiative launched by Nato and US President Donald Trump last August aims to collect money from members of the Atlantic alliance in order to make available stocks of weapons to the Ukrainian army, which needs them immediately. "Stocks that are almost entirely American because the Europeans don't have enough weapons available to deliver them immediately" details 
A decision approved yesterday at a cabinet meeting. A decision in principle, as no amount has been set. They will be in addition to the €250m already allocated to Ukraine since 2022. "The contributions will be made in tranches of €500m. And as a country of our size cannot invest €500m like that, we are now going to identify other partners with whom we can finance such a package. Only when this search is complete will the package be defined in agreement with Defence Minister 
Defence borrowing under review
This will give Gilles Roth time to work on the defence bond announced by the Prime Minister in his State of the Nation address. "As part of our commitment to finance more defence spending, this is an option that we are continuing to consider very seriously", says Frieden without giving any further details.
The announcement of participation in the PURL programme was warmly welcomed by Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte, for whom "it is essential to help Ukraine defend itself". Rutte, who stressed the importance of the Grand Duchy's commitment to Nato: "a key contributor to Nato's innovation agenda", "a leading player in special surveillance", "home of the Nato Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA)"... An importance that will have to grow in the face of "the long-term threat posed by Russia".
This article was originally published in French.
