{"id":1406894,"date":"2026-06-18T12:07:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T09:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/patriot-missiles-and-500-million-germany-announces-new-aid-to-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T12:07:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T09:07:18","slug":"patriot-missiles-and-500-million-germany-announces-new-aid-to-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/patriot-missiles-and-500-million-germany-announces-new-aid-to-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriot, missiles and $500 million: Germany announces new aid to Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Germany will finance new deliveries of American weapons to Ukraine totaling $500 million. Part of the funds will go to air defense ammunition, including missiles for Patriot systems.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrinform.ua\/rubric-ato\/4135043-pistorius-nimeccina-vidilae-300-miljoniv-na-mehanizm-purl-i-200-miljoniv-na-raketi-pac3-dla-patriot.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was stated by<\/a> German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius before a meeting of the heads of defense departments of NATO countries in Brussels, Ukrinform reports.<\/p>\n<p> According to the German minister, Berlin will join the PURL mechanism for the fourth time, through which allies finance the purchase of American weapons for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;With PURL, we are funding American weapons systems and ammunition that Ukraine urgently needs, that can be delivered earlier, and that are not produced in Europe,&#8221; Pistorius said.<\/p>\n<p> He emphasized that this time Germany&#8217;s contribution to the program will be $300 million. The main emphasis will be on ammunition for Ukrainian air defense.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;In this case, we are primarily talking about such desperately needed ammunition for air defense systems. Thanks to this, we literally save human lives every night and every day,&#8221; the head of the German Defense Ministry noted.<\/p>\n<p> In addition, Berlin will allocate another $200 million under the Jumpstart program. These funds will be used to purchase PAC-3 guided interceptor missiles for the American Patriot systems.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;My Ukrainian colleague Mykhailo Fedorov asked me to support the so-called Jumpstart program. It is designed primarily to ensure the purchase of special guided missiles for Patriot systems,&#8221; Pistorius said.<\/p>\n<p> He added that Germany wants to involve other partners from the Contact Group on Defense Issues in Ukraine in financing the purchase of PAC-3 missiles.<\/p>\n<p> The new support package should strengthen the capabilities of Ukrainian air defense against the backdrop of regular Russian missile and drone attacks.<\/p>\n<p> As a reminder, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/zelenskyy-velyka-brytaniia-frantsiia-ta-nimechchyna-hotovi-pidtrymaty-stvorennia-ievropeyskoi-protyraketnoi-oborony\/\">Great Britain, France, and Germany support the initiative to create a European missile defense system with the participation of Ukraine.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> As reported, German defense company Diehl Defence is in talks with Ukrainian company Fire Point regarding the possible <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/vyrobnyk-iris-t-khoche-rozpochaty-vyhotovlennia-ukrainskykh-raket-flaminho-u-nimechchyni\/\">joint production of Flamingo cruise missiles in Germany<\/a> . The parties plan to hold a series of meetings in the coming weeks to discuss potential cooperation.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">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=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany will finance new deliveries of American weapons to Ukraine totaling $500 million. Part of the funds will go to air defense ammunition, including missiles for Patriot systems. This was stated by German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius before a meeting of the heads of defense departments of NATO countries in Brussels, Ukrinform reports. 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