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US Envoy Expects ‘Big’ Pledges for Ukraine Weapon Purchases

Matthew Whitaker, US ambassador to NATO, at The Riga Conference on “Unity, Security and Resilience in a Fragmented World” in Riga, Latvia, on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. — Matthew Whitaker, US ambassador to NATO, at The Riga Conference on “Unity, Security and Resilience in a Fragmented World” in Riga, Latvia, on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025.Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg

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By Max Ramsay and Andrea Palasciano

October 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM UTC

The US envoy to NATO said he expected “big” spending pledges from allies on Wednesday for Ukrainian weapons purchases to help counter Russian air strikes.

Under a special procurement program called PURL, Ukraine can buy weapons from the US with funds provided mostly by European partners after Donald Trump’s administration halted aid shipments.