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The U.S. plans to ask NATO allies to contribute more money to a key program that buys American weapons for Ukraine, with a funding gap of about $2 billion for already-approved packages, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
The request for more funding to NATO's Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) could come as soon as this month, and the U.S. has already signaled to some allies that it will seek the money, according to the report.
The amount Washington will request was not immediately clear.
The U.S. has continued delivering weapons before allies have paid for them, and the shortfall could grow if the Pentagon approves more deliveries, the people said.
PURL allows allies to pay for U.S. weapons that are then sent to Kyiv. Previous shipments have included crucial air defense items and other military equipment.
The funding push signals that U.S. defense support for Ukraine continues despite tensions between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, according to the report.
The mixed signals have confused allies and at times made it harder to persuade them to pay for new weapons, as Europeans grow wary of funding a war now in its fifth year, some of the people said.
Last month, the U.S. threatened to halt PURL deliveries over Ukrainian strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, but the threat was not carried out, the people said.
Separately, the State Department on Friday approved a $2.1 billion foreign military sale of Patriot missiles to Ukraine, paid for by Canada, Germany, Norway and the European Union. Such sales generally take years to move from approval to delivery.
NATO representatives will meet counterparts from the U.S., the U.K., France and Germany in Brussels this week on efforts to end the war, NATO spokesperson Allison Hart said.
"As a continuation of the talks held in Miami and Oslo, NATO representatives will meet this week in Brussels with representatives of France, Germany, the UK and the US to discuss the way forward for a just and sustainable end to the war in Ukraine," Hart said.
The date, participation level and agenda were not disclosed. U.S.-mediated Russia-Ukraine talks are expected to resume this month, as Washington prepares its PURL funding request.
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