The equipment that will be provided is based on Ukraine’s priority needs on the battlefield. NATO allies then locate the weapons and ammunition and send them on.

After a recent deal for European NATO allies to purchase American weapons, including Patriot missiles, Ukraine is waiting anxiously to see if these arrangements can deliver the defensive firepower it so urgently needs.

The Netherlands will buy 500 million euros ($577 million) of US weapons for Ukraine, becoming the first NATO member to fund a full package under a new scheme to speed