NATO insists that US arms supplies to Ukraine under PURL programme will continue

NATO has stated that support for Ukraine under the PURL programme is continuing

The supply of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine from the United States via the PURL (Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List) mechanism is continuing, despite recent statements by US President Donald Trump.

A NATO official stated this, according to Censor.NET.

What does the Alliance say?

NATO has confirmed that the mechanism for supporting Ukraine via the PURL remains in place, despite Trump’s statements demanding that Kyiv cease strikes on Russian oil refineries and reports of a possible suspension of the PURL as a means of exerting pressure on Ukraine.

"Support for Ukraine via the PURL continues to flow", said a NATO official.

He did not provide any further information regarding the long- and medium-term plans for the PURL mechanism.

Earlier, a number of media outlets reported that US President Donald Trump’s administration was threatening to block the PURL programme, through which Ukraine purchases American weapons, unless Kyiv refrained from striking Russian oil refineries.

What led up to it?

On 9 October, US President Donald Trump stated that he had spoken with the Russian dictator Putin, with whom he had agreed on the supply of diesel fuel from Russia to markets in the US and around the world.
According to him, Russia will "immediately" supply more than 300,000 tonnes of diesel to the US and global markets, a further 500,000 tonnes during November, and another million tonnes "immediately afterwards".
The US Department of the Treasury has announced that, on Trump’s instructions, the Office of Foreign Assets Control is immediately issuing a temporary general licence to permit the supply of Russian diesel fuel to the global market.
In response, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described Russia’s authorisation to sell petroleum products as an "investment in war" and called on the US to hold firm talks with Moscow and impose sanctions under the Lindsey Graham Act.
Axios reported that, during talks in Miami, US President’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner allegedly warned the Ukrainian side that access to US intelligence might be cut off if Ukraine continued to carry out strikes on Russian oil refineries.
On 11 October, President Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine would be prepared to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries if Russia stopped attacking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
On the same day, US President Donald Trump announced the start of an energy truce between Ukraine and Russia.
In a comment to Axios, Zelenskyy said that US President Donald Trump’s announcement of the start of an "energy truce" came as a surprise to the Ukrainian side.
The President later stated that Ukraine was prepared to refrain from striking at Russia’s energy sector, provided that Russia took similar steps.