They cannot replace Americans, but they must do more: the Ukrainian ambassador to NATO asks Europe to pay more American weapons, without producing it in itself.

Europe must finance more American weapons purchases in favor of Ukraine for lack of being able to provide them in a sufficient number, the NATO Ukrainian ambassador to AFP said Wednesday.

“American weapons are still crucial, especially for air defense,” he said, before a meeting on Wednesday of the NATO defense ministers and the contact group with Ukraine.

A large part of this team is provided through the Poul initiative, a multinational fund led by the United States, which allows European countries to finance the transfer of US weapons to Ukraine. And a series of essential weapons such as Patriotic Anti-American Defense Batteries, “they are delivered almost exclusively through this mechanism,” said the ambassador, in office since August 2025.

Kyiv has already received two aid slices for approximately two billion dollars, financed by the Netherlands, and several Scandinavian countries, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in X. Germany and Canada have pledged to finance two others, up to $ 500 million each, according to Ukrainian president.

“Finish”

“It would be good to finish the ‘five and six packages before the meeting of the contact group on Wednesday in Brussels, said Alona Getmhmithuk. The goal is to have around one billion dollars per month of European countries for this initiative to completely achieve their potential, according to Mr. Zelensky. However, said Ukrainian ambassador, Kyiv, does not favor European weapons compared to European weapons.

Given the intensification of Russian attacks, especially against its energy infrastructure, Ukraine has begged for a long time that can also threaten the Russian territory in depth. “The aerial defense is crucial, but in the end, they are analgesics. To hit the source of pain, we need in -depth attacks,” Russia said.

“The important thing is to make Russians understand that anything is possible, that all options are on the table,” he said. The United States has for a long time to provide long -range attack capabilities, such as missiles, fearing an escalation. The US administration recently said that it was ready to provide a long -range Tomhawk cruise missiles.

The in -depth attacks of Ukraine against Russia with American weapons should not be excluded, said US emissary of Ukraine Kellogg at the end of September, after similar comments from Vice President JD Vance.