Washington: Washington has called on its NATO partners to increase defense spending by purchasing more American-made weapons for Ukraine, as part of a new funding channel aimed at sustaining Kyiv’s military resistance against Russia.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, speaking alongside NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Tuesday, urged allied nations to contribute more resources through the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL), a program designed to help countries directly finance US weapons for Ukraine.

The initiative comes as Western aid to Kyiv has seen a notable decline in recent months. Washington hopes the PURL mechanism will enable European and other partners to shoulder a greater share of the burden in supplying advanced arms and ammunition.

Under this system, alli

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