Overview
- Defense ministers from Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Poland, and France met in Berlin with the EU’s high representative, while Ukraine’s defense minister joined by video.
- Denys Shmyhal said the next Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting is scheduled for 3 December.
- Shmyhal reported a massive Russian strike on civilian and critical infrastructure and requested more air defence systems, interceptor missiles, and long‑range capabilities.
- Germany plans to increase military assistance to €12 billion in 2026 and €9 billion in 2027, and signaled readiness to ramp up air defence systems, ammunition, and drones.
- Berlin is preparing a new contribution to the PURL mechanism, and Kyiv is discussing use of a recent €6 billion EU tranche while working with the European Commission on a reparations loan.