{"id":45704,"date":"2026-02-18T14:51:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/war-in-ukraine\/zelenskyy-purl-is-a-reliable-mechanism-for-american-air-defense-missiles-to-counter-russian-ballistic-missiles-we-count-on-its-continued-operation\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:51:11","slug":"zelenskyy-purl-is-a-reliable-mechanism-for-american-air-defense-missiles-to-counter-russian-ballistic-missiles-we-count-on-its-continued-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/war-in-ukraine\/zelenskyy-purl-is-a-reliable-mechanism-for-american-air-defense-missiles-to-counter-russian-ballistic-missiles-we-count-on-its-continued-operation\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy: PURL is a reliable mechanism for American air defense missiles to counter Russian ballistic missiles; we count on its continued operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The PURL program remains a reliable mechanism for purchasing American air defense missiles. Contributions of $584 million have already been announced for 2026, but the need reaches $15 billion.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/unn.ua\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimg.unn.ua%2Fimg%2F2026%2F02%2F18%2F1771425034-3560-large.webp&amp;w=720&amp;q=75\" alt=\"Zelenskyy: PURL is a reliable mechanism for American air defense missiles to counter Russian ballistic missiles; we count on its continued operation\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The PURL program remains a reliable mechanism for purchasing American air defense missiles, which most effectively counter Russian ballistic missiles, and contributions of $584 million have already been announced for early 2026, but the need reaches $15 billion, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported, calling on partners to expand their contributions, UNN writes.<\/p>\n<h2>Details<\/h2>\n<p>&quot;I am grateful to everyone who contributes to PURL. In 2026, we already have financial contributions from the United Kingdom, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden, Iceland, and Latvia totaling $584 million,&quot; Zelenskyy wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>The President emphasized that &quot;Russia continues its attempts to destroy our critical infrastructure, and PURL remains a reliable mechanism for purchasing American air defense missiles, which most effectively counter Russian ballistic missiles.&quot; &quot;This gives us the opportunity to protect the energy system during the winter cold,&quot; he noted.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;At the same time, the total need for PURL in 2026 is $15 billion. This will help deprive Russia of the tool of air terror, and we call on everyone interested in security to join and expand their contributions to the PURL program,&quot; Zelenskyy pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, he expressed gratitude to every state that helps protect lives.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We expect the program to continue to work effectively \u2013 it really helps,&quot; Zelenskyy noted.<\/p>\n<h2>Addition<\/h2>\n<p>Earlier, Minister of Defense Mykhailo Fedorov noted that Ukraine needs the help of partners to counter ballistic threats, and at meetings within &quot;Ramstein, including with the Supreme Commander of the Allied Armed Forces of NATO in Europe, General Alexus Grynkewich, they discussed &quot;the PURL program as a key mechanism for providing Ukraine with critically needed missiles.&quot;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The PURL program remains a reliable mechanism for purchasing American air defense missiles. Contributions of $584 million have already been announced for 2026, but the need reaches $15 billion. The PURL program remains a reliable mechanism for purchasing American air defense missiles, which most effectively counter Russian ballistic missiles, and contributions of $584 million have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45705,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-45704","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-war-in-ukraine"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}