{"id":1360623,"date":"2026-02-20T17:04:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/south-korea-considers-participation-in-nato-program-to-support-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T17:04:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:04:31","slug":"south-korea-considers-participation-in-nato-program-to-support-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/south-korea-considers-participation-in-nato-program-to-support-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea considers participation in NATO program to support Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"803\" data-end=\"916\"><strong>South Korea is considering joining NATO&#8217;s initiative to purchase American weapons for Ukraine.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"918\" data-end=\"954\"> This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koreatimes.co.kr\/foreignaffairs\/20260220\/korea-mulls-joining-nato-initiative-to-fund-weapons-for-ukraine\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">is reported by<\/a> The Korea Times.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"956\" data-end=\"1182\"> This is the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) mechanism, which the US and NATO launched last year. The program allows European countries to finance the purchase of American weapons systems for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1184\" data-end=\"1389\"> If Seoul joins, it could deepen defense cooperation with European partners and expand arms sales to NATO member states. At the same time, such a move could further complicate relations with Russia.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1391\" data-end=\"1632\"> The South Korean Foreign Ministry said it is continuing consultations with NATO on various formats of support for Ukraine. A representative of the ministry confirmed that the Alliance has approached Seoul with a proposal to join the PURL mechanism.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1634\" data-end=\"1819\"> According to the official, the government&#8217;s position focuses on humanitarian aid and non-lethal military equipment. The authorities have not yet announced a final decision on participation in the program.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1821\" data-end=\"2086\"> Under PURL, Ukraine is receiving air defense systems, missiles, and ammunition. Denmark, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, and Germany have already joined the funding. The first deliveries under the program arrived in September 2025, with new shipments expected in the near future.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2088\" data-end=\"2174\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"> More than 20 countries participate in the program, including Australia, New Zealand, and Japan.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2088\" data-end=\"2174\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"> As previously reported,<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/yaponiia-planuie-nadaty-ukraini-finansovu-pidtrymku-pro-iaku-sumu-ydetsia\/\">during the full-scale war, Japan became one of Ukraine&#8217;s key partners, providing over $15 billion in assistance in various areas.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2088\" data-end=\"2174\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"> As a reminder, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/yaponiia-vydilyla-ukraini-mayzhe-48-mln-ievro-na-shcho-pidut-koshty\/\">Japan transferred about 47.7 million euros for the reconstruction of Ukraine<\/a> and agreed to launch a new phase of the Emergency Recovery Program.<\/p>\n<div class=\"full-post__content font-rules\">\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Korea is considering joining NATO&#8217;s initiative to purchase American weapons for Ukraine. This is reported by The Korea Times. This is the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) mechanism, which the US and NATO launched last year. The program allows European countries to finance the purchase of American weapons systems for the Armed Forces of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1141907,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76872,76874,76870,76871],"class_list":["post-1360623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-feed","category-war","category-world","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1360623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1360623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1360623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1141907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1360623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1360623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}