Finland promises to check whether weapons that Europe ordered from the US for the Ukrainian army under the PURL program are reaching their destination. This, Babel informs, was stated by Finnish Defense Minister Antti Gäkkänen in an interview with Euronews. The PromPolitInform portal informs.
According to him, Finland expects full implementation of contracts and will monitor that Washington complies with its obligations to NATO countries that finance the supply of weapons to Kyiv.
“We evaluate how the money is spent every time, and we believe that the mechanism is working. If, of course, there are problems, then we must reassess it,” Gäkkänen noted.
The statement by the Finnish Defense Minister was preceded by information from The Washington Post that the Pentagon is considering the option of redirecting weapons for Ukraine to the Middle East. The publication’s sources said that among the weapons that could be transferred are air defense interceptor missiles ordered under NATO’s PURL program. However, a final decision to redirect the weapons has not yet been made.
Later, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte assured that American weapons under the PURL program continue to be supplied to Ukraine.
Rutte added that since the launch of the PURL program last summer, Ukraine has received about 75% of all missiles for its Patriot batteries and 90% of interceptor missiles used in other air defense systems.
