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Nato Secretary-General Mark Rutte said he expected further pledges, noting that $2bn already had been committed through the mechanism

Sweden, Estonia, and Finland pledged contributions on Wednesday to increase spending on purchases of US weapons for Ukraine, but countries including Spain, Italy, France, and Britain have faced criticism for holding back, Reuters reports.

US defence secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday urged allies to ramp up investment in the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) program, which replaced US arms donations to Ukraine and now requires allies to pay for US weapons deliveries.

  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 days ago

    This is a complex and frustrating one.

    On one hand, it’s good that we’re not outright blocking arms shipments to Ukraine.

    On the other hand, this is a naked shakedown of our allies. And our allies should absolutely stop buying US systems for their own militaries going forward.