UK commits £100m to Nato scheme supplying 90% of Ukraine's Patriot missiles
The UK has committed £100m to the Nato scheme that now supplies around 90% of the Patriot interceptors reaching Ukraine.
The money will fund Patriot missiles and other air defence equipment through the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List, known as Purl, with deliveries expected before the onset of winter.
Purl allows Nato allies and partners to pay for US military equipment identified as a priority for Ukraine, with Nato coordinating its delivery.
Nato Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska said 90% of Patriot interceptors supplied to Ukraine were coming through the programme, predominantly from equipment available in US stocks.
President Volodymyr Zelensky recently urged Ukraine's partners, particularly the US, to supply more Patriots in the wake of a major Russian attack on Kyiv.
Mr Zelensky said Ukraine had intercepted about 90% of cruise missiles used to attack the city, but had fared significantly worse against ballistic weapons.
How Purl works
Purl was launched on 14 July 2025 following a meeting between Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte and US President Donald Trump.
Working with Ukraine and the US, Nato's Supreme Allied Commander Europe identifies and validates packages of weapons, ammunition and other equipment that Ukraine needs and that the US can provide in greater quantities than European Nato members and Canada.
Nato members and partner countries then pay for those packages, either individually or together, while Nato coordinates the delivery of the US equipment to Ukraine.
The packages have typically been worth about $500m and have included Patriot interceptors, ammunition for Himars launchers and long-range artillery.
By July, 29 countries had paid into Purl – 26 Nato members as well as Australia, New Zealand and Japan – with contributions reaching $6.7bn and funding more than 10 packages.
Japan contributed $14m in May towards a Purl package containing only non-lethal equipment.
UK's second Purl contribution
The £100m being put up is the second publicly announced UK contribution to the programme.
The UK provided £150m to Purl for the first time in February as part of a wider package of more than £500m for Ukrainian air defence assets.
The latest pledge brings publicly announced UK funding for Purl to £250m.
It was announced as Defence Secretary Wes Streeting co-chaired the 36th meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group with his German counterpart, Boris Pistorius.
The MOD also said the UK had recently delivered its millionth round of large-calibre artillery ammunition to Ukraine and would provide tens of thousands more long-range artillery rounds in the coming months, alongside funding from Germany, Denmark, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.
The UK has separately committed to providing more than 120,000 drones to Ukraine during 2026, with 25,000 having been delivered so far.
"We will stand shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine until they win. Ukraine's frontline is the frontline for freedom everywhere and our support will not waver," Mr Streeting declared.
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