Secretary-general admits NATO has limits regarding support to Ukraine’s air defenses

World July 06, 19:26

Mark Rutte stressed that the alliance's member states were doing their best

ANKARA, July 6. /TASS/. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte admitted that NATO is not able to satisfy all the demands of Ukraine’s air defenses, but is doing its best.

"There is a limit to the amount of interceptors there are in NATO territory," he said, answering to a question about Russia’s strikes on Kiev.

"The United States is doing everything they can to deliver on the PURL [Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List] commitment, and they are doing. So, even as we speak, PURL deliveries, including interceptors, are being sent to Ukraine," the NATO secretary told reporters at a news conference in the run-up to the NATO summit due in Ankara on July 7-8.

The Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) is a NATO framework that coordinates the procurement of US-manufactured military equipment and munitions for Ukraine.

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