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The Norwegian government has announced the allocation of NOK 3 billion (€268 million) to strengthen Ukraine’s air defense, including through the PURL program for the procurement of U.S. weapons.
The announcement was made by the Norwegian government, UATV English reports.
The funding will be used to purchase air defense missiles for Patriot systems. Together with Denmark, Germany, and Canada, Norway will order new missiles directly from a U.S. production facility under the PURL program.
The government noted that, because delivery times for some of these missiles are lengthy, Norway plans to purchase them from countries that already have the systems in stock in order to deliver them to Ukraine as quickly as possible.
“Ukraine’s fight to defend itself is our fight to defend ourselves. Ukraine faces Russian attacks every day. Russia continues to strike civilians, Ukrainian cities, and energy infrastructure. Ukraine succeeds in intercepting most drones and cruise missiles, but it needs stronger protection against ballistic missiles,” Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said.
Norway is also allocating funds to participate in Ukraine’s initiative to jointly develop anti-ballistic systems with European partners.
During the NATO Summit in Ankara, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a key topic of discussions with partners would be the supply of interceptor missiles for Patriot air defense systems, which are critical to Ukraine’s ability to shoot down Russian ballistic missiles. He also noted that these missiles are not available only in the United States.
It is known that the Netherlands, Germany, Finland, Sweden, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Denmark, and Poland have called on the European Commission to approve as quickly as possible the procurement of U.S.-made air defense missiles under the €90 billion defense component of the EU’s 2026–2027 support package for Ukraine.
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