Missiles for advanced rocket launchers are among the US-made weapons being sent to Ukraine. Photo: AP PHOTO

Ukraine will receive missiles for advanced air defence systems and rocket launchers in the first batch of weapons being sent under a new funding program agreed by the US and Ukraine's European allies, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says.

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Ukraine has so far secured more than $US2 billion ($A3 billion) in financing for US-produced weapons via a NATO-led mechanism called the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL), according to Zelenskiy.

He said he expected the total commit

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