Rutte calls on NATO countries to purchase weapons from US more actively to help Ukraine

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, during an online meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (Ramstein), appealed to the defense ministers of the Alliance countries with an appeal to increase purchases of American weapons to support Ukraine.

It was reported by the NATO press service.

Rutte recalled the initiative that he and US President Donald Trump presented last week. It involves strengthening support for Ukraine through additional American resources financed by allies from Europe and Canada.

According to the Secretary General, purchasing more weapons from the US will simultaneously achieve three goals set at the June NATO summit in The Hague: increasing military spending, expanding weapons production, and strengthening support for Ukraine.

Recall that on July 14, during a meeting in Washington, Trump told Rutte that the US would no longer transfer weapons to Ukraine for free, and from now on its purchase will be financed by European countries and Canada.

In addition, Britain and Germany launched a joint project to supply Ukraine with 220,000 shells for Gepard systems and agreed to finance the transfer of modern drones for the Ukrainian military.

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius agreed with Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth to join Germany in providing five Patriot systems to Ukraine at a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (Ramstein).

The United States informed Switzerland about the delay in the supply of MIM-104 Patriot air defense systems due to the shift in priority towards Ukraine.

On July 4, US President Donald Trump announced that Ukraine would receive 17 Patriot air defense systems.