Nordic, Baltic countries to fund $500m defence materiel for Ukraine

Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden on Thursday announced that they will fund a USD 500 million package of defence materiel for Ukraine, said the Ministry of Defence in a press release.

The Defence Ministers of the Nordic and Baltic countries made the joint statement after a meeting in Helsinki.

The fund will be 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 Häkkänen.

For Finland, this is a third element of our military assistance to Ukraine, the first two being the materiel handovers by the Finnish Defence Forces and the support programme for the Finnish industry.

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.