Turkey will now contribute to NATO’s Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL), President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced during the NATO Summit in Ankara, Turkey.
According to the Turkish defense outlet SavunmaSanayiST, Erdoğan said on Wednesday, July 8, that Ankara would continue supplying military aid from its own national stockpiles while also participating in the PURL initiative, a mechanism that allows partner countries to finance weapons purchases for Ukraine.
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“In addition to the military support we have provided to Ukraine from our own national inventory, we will continue our contributions within the framework of PURL,” Erdoğan said, adding that “while supporting Ukraine, we are also using our communication channels in such a way as to guide Russia toward peace.”
Who has joined, and who is still missing
Five remaining NATO members – France, Italy, Czechia, Hungary and Slovakia – have yet to contribute to PURL, according to the Atlantic Council.
The program, created in mid-2025 after Washington scaled back direct arms shipments to Kyiv, lets European states and Canada fund US-made weapons, mainly air-defense systems, for Ukraine. Twenty-six countries have already pledged over $4 billion through the initiative, the Atlantic Council reports.
Italy and Turkey have previously pointed to ongoing diplomacy with Moscow as their reason for staying out of PURL, with Turkey now joining the program despite being seen as “tougher to persuade.”So far, Italy still hasn’t changed its stance, citing its own domestic defense spending priorities. “We have said no from the beginning, and it is still a no,” Italy’s Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said, despite last year’s announcement that Rome was warming up to the idea of taking part in PURL.
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Hungary and Czechia appear closer to joining, with Budapest’s stance shifting under new Prime Minister Péter Magyar and Prague having expressed interest but not yet formalizing a commitment.
France favors European “strategic autonomy,” preferring to reduce reliance on US-funded arms programs.
Slovakia is still showing no movement toward supporting Ukraine, with its governing coalition maintaining a more deferential posture toward Moscow.
PURL’s largest contributors
By contrast, countries such as Germany, Norway, and the Netherlands are among the program’s largest contributors, with the United Kingdom joining the initiative in February.
The Dutch government recently committed €500 million (about $580 million) in new military aid, covering drones and air-defense equipment, one of the largest single Dutch contributions since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in 2022.
Germany has pledged $400 million for air-defense ammunition alongside another $200 million for PAC-3 interceptor missiles under NATO-backed procurement channels, while the UK unveiled a £752 million ($996 million) package including 150,000 drones, more than 350 air-defense missiles, and radar systems.
The Ankara summit produced new air defense commitments, defense industry agreements, and provided an opportunity for Zelensky and Trump to meet. Trump said that the US would allow Ukraine to produce Patriot missiles to defend its skies.NATO allies are expected to approve a new two-year military support commitment worth €70 billion annually while formally recognizing Ukraine as a contributor to the alliance’s security rather than only a recipient of aid.
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