Germany says it will work with Ukraine's Western allies to provide military aid worth up to $500 million. This aid will be delivered using a new NATO supply line.

Germany has announced it will contribute up to $500 million to purchasing US-made military equipment for Ukraine. The German Defence Ministry and Foreign Office noted in the Wednesday announcement that the aid will be coordinated through a NATO mechanism called the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List.

Germany announced on Friday that it will provide two additional Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine in the coming days, and several more in the coming months, after the Pentagon agreed to quickly replenish Berlin’s stockpiles.

Germany will deliver two additional Patriot air-defense launchers to Ukraine in the coming days, following one of the deadliest Russian attacks on Kyiv since the Kremlin launched its war against Ukraine.

The support will come through NATO's Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) mechanism, which coordinates funding for Kyiv's most urgent battlefield needs.

Vladimir Putin has reportedly demanded that Ukraine withdraw from the eastern Donetsk region as a condition for ending Russia's war, and offered to freeze the frontline if his core demands were met. The Russian leader made the request during his meeting with Trump in Alaska on Friday,

Germany announced on Wednesday that it will work with a group of Ukraine’s Western backers to supply a package of military aid to the war ravaged country worth up to $500 million using a new NATO supply line.

Ukraine's Deputy Foreign Minister Andriy Melnyk has expressed frustration in an interview with CNN over Germany's indecision over whether to send its Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, CNN reported.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz have discussed strengthening Ukraine's air defence with two additional Patriot systems on Wednesday 13 August. Source: Zelenskyy on X (Twitter),