Overview
- Ukraine’s defence minister met NATO’s representatives to secure more missiles for air‑defence systems, with the PURL list — a shared priority tool — cited as key to sustaining Patriot supplies.
- EU talks focused on flexible funding for Ukraine’s War Plan priorities, including drones, counter‑drone tools, air defence, and deep‑strike options.
- Under the Ukraine Support Instrument, €260 million is earmarked to repair and modernise Ukraine’s defence factories to tie local output into Europe’s industry.
- Romania and Ukraine are preparing joint drone production backed by €200 million from the EU’s SAFE programme, with manufacturing to be localised in Romania and Ukrainian designs transferred for use by Romania’s forces.
- Ukraine and Bulgaria agreed to expand work on unmanned systems, counter‑drone tech, and ammunition output, with projects to be tested in combat through the Brave1 innovation cluster.