Nordic, Baltic countries pledge $500m Ukraine support package

On Thursday, the Nordic and Baltic countries announced they would provide $500 million to a program established to buy US weapons for Ukraine.

1news.media reports, citing Finnish Government website, Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden announced today on 13 November 2025 that they will fund a USD 500 million package of defence materiel for Ukraine sourced from the United States, under the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative of NATO and the United States.

“This joint pledge to contribute the PURL initiative will further strengthen the commitment of the Nordic and Baltic countries to supporting Ukraine. It is crucial that Ukraine receives critical defence materiel quickly,” said Finland’s Minister of Defence Antti Hakkanen.

The Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative, revealed by the President of the United Stated and the NATO Secretary General in July 2025, is designed to fund defence materiel assistance to Ukraine, sourced from the United States. The initiative is funded by European Allies and Canada and will consist of regular packages of defence materiel sourced from the United States and rapidly delivered to Ukraine.