The White House has approved the first packages of US weapons for Ukraine under a new scheme and could soon be sent to Kyiv, Reuters reports.
This is the first use of a new mechanism developed by the United States and its European allies to supply Ukraine with weapons from American stocks using funds from NATO countries.
Pentagon Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Elbridge Colby approved up to two deliveries, each worth $ 500 million, under a new mechanism called the Priority Ukraine Requirements List (PURL). It is not specified what weapons will be supplied.
Agreements on a new mechanism for the supply of American weapons were announced in mid-July. The supplies will be financed not by the United States, but by other NATO countries. According to media reports, Ukraine will determine the priority types of weapons within the framework of the $500 million packages, and the member states of the military union will distribute who will bear the payment.
