Slovenia joins NATO initiative to purchase weapons for Ukraine
Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob has announced during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte that his country has joined the PURL (Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List) initiative, under which allies jointly purchase US-made weapons for Ukraine.
Source: Slovenian newspaper Dnevnik.si, as reported by European Pravda
Details: Golob said that the amount Slovenia will allocate to the PURL programme is classified. However, he specified that the contribution will focus on air defence – specifically surface-to-air missiles designed to protect civilian infrastructure, primarily energy facilities.
"Constant attacks on civilian and energy infrastructure have no military purpose; they merely aim to exhaust the civilian population," the Slovenian prime minister said.
Rutte stated that the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Germany, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Canada have already joined the PURL programme, and total funding has reached around €2 billion.
Background:
- The US and NATO launched the PURL mechanism in early August, allowing Alliance members to fund American weapons for Ukraine.
- So far, €2 billion worth of weapons have been funded, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed hope for monthly deliveries totalling $1 billion.
- Kyiv has stressed that it particularly relies on the United States for the supply of critical air defence systems and long-range missiles amid intensified Russian bombardments of Ukraine.
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