NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte gestures during a press conference at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, 12 February 2026;
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO states have announced hundreds of millions of dollars of support for the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative to supply Ukraine with US weapons, NATO chief Mark Rutte said on Thursday 12 February 2026.
The NATO secretary general thanked the United Kingdom, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Lithuania for their contributions and said he expected more pledges soon, without naming specific countries.
Speaking at a joint press briefing with the British, German and Ukrainian defence ministers, Rutte did not give a specific figure for the support.
Additional information: German foreign minister says some in NATO irritated by US remarks
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - On Friday 13 February 2026, Germany's foreign minister said that recent comments by US government representatives have caused irritation within NATO, and the Munich Security Conference is an opportunity to overcome differences.
"This alliance is also under pressure. There is alienation, there is irritation about some of the things we hear from Washington. We need to talk about this here together. We want to define our common denominators and the meaning of NATO," Johann Wadephul told German broadcaster ARD, speaking from Munich.
