Overview

• Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal met NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in Kyiv to coordinate financing, industry development, NATO standardization, and preparations for the next Ramstein-format meeting.
• Approximately $1.5 billion in military aid has been mobilized under the PURL mechanism developed with NATO and the United States, with continued work through the Coalition of the Willing.
• Talks with KNDS Deutschland advanced plans for joint ventures and spare-parts production in Ukraine, alongside an expanded network of heavy-equipment repair centers that has already restored three Gepard air-defense systems.
• The Verkhovna Rada passed two bills establishing the legal framework for the Defense City initiative to attract investment and enable joint defense projects.
• Shmyhal’s meeting with the Bundestag Defense Committee chair covered troop training, joint production, and the call to use frozen Russian assets, as Ukraine cited delivered IRIS‑T systems and Germany’s intention to provide additional Patriot batteries.