NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said that Kyiv is set to receive up to $5 billion worth of arms under the PURL initiative by the end of this year, The Kyiv Independent reports.
The new pledges come only a day after a visit by U.S. President Donald Trump's envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, to Moscow to discuss a revised U.S.-Ukraine peace plan with Putin.
The two sides failed to reach a breakthrough in discussions on the Washington-backed proposal, which was unveiled in November and revised in subsequent talks with Ukrainian and European officials.
In its original form, the plan imposed harsh terms on Kyiv, including a cap on its military, a ban on joining NATO, and territorial concessions.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Dec. 1 that the plan "looks better" following further talks with Washington, but acknowledged that territorial issues remain the most challenging part of the peace efforts.
Moscow has shown no willingness to concede from its demands, including for Ukraine to withdraw from the Donbas region — a demand Kyiv has rejected.
European ministers are meeting in Brussels to reaffirm their support for Ukraine, even as U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is skipping the session, sending his deputy instead.
"What we see is that Putin has not changed any course. He's pushing more aggressively on the battlefield," Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna told reporters in Brussels.
"It’s pretty obvious that he doesn't want to have any kind of peace."
The NATO meeting on Dec. 3 will also include talks with Ukrainian officials, as Kyiv's negotiators are expected to brief European national security advisors on the current state of peace talks.
