President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that Ukraine will receive Patriot and HIMARS missiles as part of a U.S. weapons aid package financed by NATO allies.

“We will definitely have Patriot and HIMARS missiles,” Zelensky said during a press conference in Kyiv on Sept. 17, responding to a reporter’s question about the contents of the package.

Zelensky’s announcement came a day after the Trump administration confirmed its first weapons transfer to Ukraine under the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List, or PURL — a framework created by NATO members and the United States to coordinate and fund Kyiv’s most urgent battlefield needs.

The White House separately confirmed the aid package. A U.S. official told Suspilne that assistance will arrive from U.S. warehouses with funding provided by NATO allies.

Zelensky has repeatedly urged Western allies to provide Patriot systems to help shield Ukrainian cities and infrastructure from Russian missile attacks. HIMARS systems, already used extensively by Ukrainian forces, have played a key role in targeting Russian positions.

Through PURL, NATO allies will pool contributions to buy American weapons, munitions, and equipment from U.S. stockpiles. According to Zelensky, the first two packages will be valued at $500 million each. This was also confirmed by a White House official who spoke with Reuters.

The U.S. and NATO first reached an agreement on the PURL mechanism in June. Since August, alliance members such as Canada, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden have committed to buying weapons for Ukraine through the mechanism.

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