Alexus Grynkewich, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), has said the United States continues to supply Ukraine with interceptor missiles for Patriot air defence systems and weapon systems funded by European allies.
Source: Bloomberg , citing Grynkewich, as reported by European Pravda
Details: Grynkewich noted that "nothing that's been put in the PURL The Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL), a US-NATO programme under which NATO allies purchase US-made weapons for Ukraine. package, that has been paid for by European allies, has been delayed" .
Quote: "Everything has been delivered, in fact, we just had the delivery within the last week. I won't go into the numbers or types of missiles, but deliveries have been ongoing."
Details: Grynkewich also said work is underway to put together the next package under the PURL initiative.
Quote: "Every single third-party transfer that has been requested of the US government has been approved. We continue to work on the content for future PURL packages. We're working this hard."
Background: On 26 October, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Kyiv has been waiting for nearly a month for Pete Hegseth to sign off on missiles for Patriot and NASAMS air defence systems. Zelenskyy said Ukraine has been receiving an average of only 12 missiles per month for Patriot systems in 2026. Ukrainian Defence Minister Yevhenii Khmara called on the E 5 countries – Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Poland, and Italy – to consider transferring 10% of their stockpiles of interceptor missiles for Patriot and IRIS-T systems to Ukraine in exchange for future deliveries awaited by Kyiv.
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