Fedorov on Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting: Aid could reach $4B
Ukraine is demonstrating concrete results on the battlefield, while international assistance is increasingly aligned with the real priorities of the country's Defense Forces.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov made the statement after a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, Ukrinform reports.
"Over the past few months, we have done our homework. We have achieved results in many domains of the war. Today, many partners said they see this window of opportunity and are ready to continue helping," Fedorov said.
The minister announced that one of the largest aid packages under the U.S. weapons supply program, PURL, was unveiled during today's Ramstein meeting.
"This is a $1 billion package. If we are talking about announcements at the UDCG, it is probably the largest assistance package under PURL," Fedorov said.
He added that another package for long-range artillery ammunition had also been announced.
"We are still calculating the final figures, but we already see that it will amount to approximately half a billion dollars," the defense minister said.
Other aid packages focused on support for Ukrainian missile and drone programs.
"The Netherlands alone announced assistance involving around 700 cruise missiles today," Fedorov stated.
Speaking about the total value of new commitments by Contact Group participants, including newly launched programs, he said overall assistance could amount to approximately $4 billion.
According to Fedorov, the key difference between this meeting and previous ones was the emergence of greater "quality and focus."
"We have three key priorities: anti-ballistic and missile defense programs, long-range artillery, and Ukrainian-made drones," Fedorov said. "Everyone who spoke today about supporting Ukraine and announced new aid packages focused on these three priorities. This reflects a qualitative change in our partners' support. However, there is still a long road ahead, and we continue working on it."
He also announced the signing of a "very important document" with German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius concerning data exchange for Ukraine's anti-ballistic defense program.
Fedorov expressed hope that Ukraine's anti-ballistic defense program would be developed in "historically short timeframes."
Regarding the United Kingdom's contribution, he noted that frozen Russian assets held in Britain would be used to finance the production of 150,000 drones for Ukraine.
He emphasized that "in the coming months, we will work to create new windows of opportunity to compel the enemy toward a just peace" and thanked Ukraine's partners for their support.
As previously reported, Germany and Ukraine signed an agreement paving the way for the joint development of a new air defense system designed to intercept ballistic missiles.
Earlier, Hensoldt and Fire Point signed a memorandum of understanding on integrating components into the FREYJA ground-based air defense system, designed to detect and intercept ballistic missiles.